Trump is considering pardoning NYC Mayor Eric Adams

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would “certainly look at” pardoning New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

“I think he was treated pretty unfairly,” the Republican president-elect said of the Democratic mayor, who has pleaded not guilty to federal charges. corruption charges.

Speaking to reporters in Florida at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Trump warned that he has not seen “the gravity of it all,” suggesting he had not studied the evidence against Adams closely.

But he continued to play down the charges against the mayor, suggesting that Adams was accused of things as absurd 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 was also charged with conspiracy related to potentially illegal campaign contributions for his 2021 mayoral bid.

Trump also seemed to hint that politics could be involved in the prosecution.

Adams “essentially went against what was happening migrants entering” and “made some pretty strong statements,” Trump said.

“I said, ‘You know what? He’s going to be indicted soon,'” Trump said, adding that he made the comment “lightheartedly.”

“And a few months later he was indicted,” Trump said. “So yeah, I’d definitely look into” an excuse.

Adams has also claimed that he has been targeted over his criticism of the Biden administration’s immigration policies.

As late as Sunday Adams said he is “not communicating with the president about a pardon.”

The remarks at the Monday morning news conference came after Trump and Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son announced a commitment to invest $100 billion in the United States over the next four years.