Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) stated on Sunday that New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams (D) has develop into the Trump administration’s “own political pawn.”
“They have literally taken the mayor of New York City, who was facing and is facing serious charges of bribery, which were going to be expanded, and they have turned him into their own political pawn,” Klobuchar instructed CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”
“And they have done this by trying to force career prosecutors in the Justice Department to drop the charges against him,” she added.
Federal prosecutors have been just lately ordered by a prime Division of Justice (DOJ) official to dismiss corruption costs towards Adams, who has gotten shut with President Trump in current months.
Appearing Deputy Lawyer Basic Emil Bove stated in a memo that the Justice Division got here to the choice to dismiss the counts with out assessing the power of the case and signaled that the attorneys who filed the fees did no flawed.
“This is just another day in the Trump administration. Costs are up, chaos is up, and yes, corruption is [up,]” Klobuchar stated Sunday.
Adams has stated that he met with Trump’s “border czar” Tom 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,” stated Adams in a press release.
“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,” the mayor added.
The Hill has reached out to the press workplace of Adams and the DOJ for remark.
