Mayor Eric Adams’ legal team is trying to get his public corruption case tossed by claiming a former top federal prosecutor is violating courtroom ethics laws by publicly smearing Hizzoner for political gain.
Mayor Eric Adams conceded Saturday that the Big Apple’s hands are tied and won’t be able to assist federal immigration officials in President-elect Donald Trump’s large-scale deportation plan
Mayor Eric Adams has long vowed to fight his pending legal case after federal prosecutors indicted him last year on charges of bribery and campaign-finance fraud. But donations to the fund intended to support his defense appear to be drying up as his trial draws nearer.
Amid mounting legal bills, Mayor Eric Adams’ defense trust is nearly $1 million in the red after raising just over $2,000 in the latest reporting period — most of it from a convicted businessman pardoned by former President Donald Trump during his first White House term,
The New York mayor, who has expressed interest in a pardon to resolve federal corruption charges, met with President-elect Donald J. Trump and his son Eric on Friday.
NEW YORK − New York City's indicted mayor, Eric Adams, is going to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago private club in Florida on Friday, an Adams spokesperson confirmed Thursday evening.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has been indicted in a federal corruption investigation, is set to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday.
The New York City mayor, who is under federal indictment, has spoken warmly about President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent weeks and has said he is open to receiving a pardon from him.
“Mayor Adams has made quite clear his willingness to work with President-elect Trump and his incoming administration on behalf of New Yorkers—and that partnership with the federal government is critical to New York City’s success,” said Adams’s spokesman Fabian Levy.”
New York City’s Democratic mayor, who faces federal bribery charges, is defending his private meeting with President-elect Donald Trump as the Republican prepares to retake
City Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday doubled down on defending his meeting with soon-to-be president Donald Trump, claiming he was “fighting for” New Yorkers, as fellow Democrats accused him of cozying up to Trump in efforts to get a presidential pardon for his federal corruption case.