Attorney General Bondi, as the decision to drop criminal bribery charges against Mayor Adams convulses the Department of Justice, has been conspicuously — even mysteriously — scarce. 

That posture stands in marked contrast to her assumption of the limelight in respect of, say, her tangle with New York and Attorney General James over immigration reform. Ms. Bondi’s distance from the brouhaha over the case against Mr. Adams comes as the presiding judge has summoned the parties to his courtroom.