Mayor Eric Adams updated the press on the City’s ongoing projects during his weekly briefing at City Hall.
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President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that he would “definitely consider” pardoning New York Mayor Eric Adams.
“I think he was treated quite unfairly,” the incoming Republican president said of the Democratic mayor, who has pleaded not guilty to the FBI. corruption charges.
Speaking to reporters at his Florida resort Mar-a-Lago, Trump warned that he had not yet seen “the gravity of it all,” suggesting he had not carefully studied the evidence against Adams.
But he later downplayed the accusations against the mayor, suggesting that Adams’ alleged actions were as anodyne as accepting an upgrade on an international flight.
Adams, 64, was charged in September with accepting gifts, including luxury trips, from wealthy foreign businessmen over nearly a decade. He is also charged with conspiracy related to possible illegal campaign contributions to the 2021 mayoral race.
Trump also appeared to suggest there may be political elements to the prosecution.
Adams “basically opposed what was going on immigrants coming in” and “made some pretty strong statements,” Trump said.
“I said, ‘You know what? He’s going to be indicted soon,'” Trump recalled, adding that he made the remarks “relaxedly.”
“A few months later, he was indicted,” Trump said. “So yes, of course I would consider” a pardon.
Adams also claimed he has become a target Because he criticized the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
Just last Sunday, adams says He “did not communicate with the president about the pardon.”
The comments came after Trump and SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son announced a commitment to invest $100 billion in the United States over the next four years at a press conference on Monday morning.
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