Why NOT?
President Donald Trump IS a convicted Felon….
Trump pardoned 1,500 criminals from the Jan. 6 violence….
WTF NOT have ‘your’ US Justice Dept get YOU a I.O.U. from the Democratic Mayor of the Big Apple by dropping criminal charges?
Adams Lead attorney works FOR Elon Musk…..
It’s ‘who ya know’, eh?
IN BROAD DAYLIGHT….
Ya can’t make this stuff up…
Senior Justice Department officials under President Trump have held discussions with federal prosecutors in Manhattan about the possibility of dropping their corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, according to five people with knowledge of the matter.
The officials have also spoken to Mr. Adams’s defense team since Mr. Trump took office, the people said. The defense team is led by Alex Spiro, who is also the personal lawyer for Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and one of the president’s closest advisers.
Mr. Trump has the power to pardon Mr. Adams, who as New York City’s mayor could aid his plans for mass deportations. In December, Mr. Trump said that the mayor had been treated “pretty unfairly” by prosecutors and suggested he was considering issuing a pardon.
But if prosecutors were to dismiss the case entirely, it could allow Mr. Adams to insist on his innocence to voters as he seeks another term as mayor, while allowing Mr. Trump to avoid the appearance of a pardon that many might view as unwarranted.
In pushing for the case to be dropped, two of the people with knowledge said, Mr. Spiro has observed to department officials that Mr. Trump has criticized it. The two people said that the defense lawyer has also suggested that the mayor would not be inclined to cooperate with the president’s immigration crackdown if he remained under indictment, the people said.
In a statement, Mr. Spiro strongly denied that he had made any such suggestion: “That is a complete lie.”
Department officials in Washington are expected to meet with Manhattan prosecutors and, separately, with Mr. Adams’s team, as soon as this week.
Mr. Adams was indicted in September on charges including bribery, fraud and soliciting illegal foreign campaign contributions after an investigation that began in 2021. He has pleaded not guilty, maintained his innocence and contended that he is being prosecuted because he criticized the Biden administration’s immigration policies as New York has received a historic influx of migrants. Federal prosecutors have firmly rebutted that claim.
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