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The Justice Department has asked to dismiss a federal corruption case against the New York mayor, prompting resignations and calls for the judge to reject the request.

The Trump administration revoked federal approval for the tolling plan on Wednesday. New York leaders are fighting to keep it.

Janno Lieber, head of the M.T.A., has helped steered the tolling program through lawsuits and a last-minute pause. He now will face off with President Trump.

The president made his power to shut down the tolling system sound absolute. But legal experts say the law may not be in his favor.

It increases traffic congestion and pollution, monopolizes public land and makes cities less walkable, he found in “The High Cost of Free Parking.”

After 20 percent of the World Trade Center Health Program staff was terminated last week, Democratic lawmakers were outraged. On Wednesday, Republican lawmakers joined them.

Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, tried to persuade a judge to let him drop a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams. He said the mayor was crucial to the president’s agenda.

A fondness for regal themes was apparent as the president applauded his administration’s move to kill congestion pricing in New York.

The transportation secretary said he would revoke federal approval for the program, citing the cost to motorists; the Metropolitan Transportation Authority quickly filed a lawsuit to stop the move.

Chad Mizelle, the department’s chief of staff, offered no evidence that any of prosecutors in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office did anything illegal, unethical or improper.