Federal agents investigating New York City Mayor Eric Adams were still seizing phones and applying for search warrants days before Justice Department leaders ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case.

Unsealed documents reveal the extent of the federal corruption investigation into NYC Mayor Eric Adams before case dismissal.

Prosecutors believed Adams was lying about the location of his personal cell phone during a seizure, the documents show. The mayor's defense counsel indicated that the unsealed papers were a record of a case that "should never have been brought.