President Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan on Sunday pushed again on the concept that prosecutors have been ordered to dismiss expenses towards New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams (D) by the Division of Justice in alternate for entry to Rikers Island.
“It sounds like the DOJ dropped the case against Adams, [and in] exchange, he let you into Rikers,” CNN’s Dana Bash requested Homan on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Is that what happened?”
Homan responded to Bash, saying, “That’s ridiculous … [me and] Mayor Adams met [a] couple months ago.”
“We talked about getting a presence in Rikers Island, we talked about how we can collaborate on public safety threats,” Homan mentioned Sunday.
The DOJ just lately ordered federal prosecutors to drop corruption expenses towards Adams, who has gotten shut with President Trump in latest months as a bribery trial set for April bought nearer.
Adams has mentioned that he met with Homan on Thursday to prepare for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers to restart operations on Rikers Island, which holds New York Metropolis’s largest jail.
“Today, I met with ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan and local federal law enforcement officials to discuss how we can work together to remove violent migrant gangs from our city,” Adams mentioned in an announcement.
“We are now working on implementing an executive order that will reestablish the ability for ICE agents to operate on Rikers Island — as was the case for 20 years,” he continued.
The ICE workplace on Rikers Island shuttered 10 years in the past within the wake of then-Mayor Invoice de Blasio signing a sanctuary metropolis invoice. There can be a spotlight by ICE brokers particularly on “assisting the correctional intelligence bureau in their criminal investigations, in particular those focused on violent criminals and gangs,” Adams mentioned in his earlier assertion.
The Hill has reached out to the DOJ, ICE, the press workplace for Adams, and New York Metropolis’s Division of Correction for remark.
