So the judge in the Federal case isn't rolling over, and is bringing in an outsider to help sort things out. The judge appears to be concerned that there is a quid pro quo going on, where the case is being dismissed in exchange for Adams' help in advancing Trump's agenda.

But moving past that for a moment, why doesn't the state of New York do it's own investigation of Adams? It seems possible that if Adams has broken some federal corruption laws, he's broken state corruption laws as well. Or maybe not. But that's what an investigation would find out. We are still a Republic (for the moment, anyway) where states are independent of the federal government and enforce their own laws. While that wouldn't replace enforcement of Federal laws, it could serve to bring Adams to account for his actions, if the accusations against him in the Federal case are true.

Or perhaps that is already happening and I've just missed it in the firehose of news these days.

--Peter