BURSTNew York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said on Sunday he will not be “warring” with President-elect Trump in his next term
In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart,” Adams said, however, that there is no connection between his federal indictment and his warming attitude toward the next president.
“Not at all,” Adams said, when asked whether there is a connection between the two. “Listen, I did nothing wrong. I said that over and over again. I should not have been targeted in the first place. I've repeatedly stated that, and I think that we're finding out more and more some of the things that have been happening with DOJ. Like putting parents on FBI watchlists for just standing up for their children.
Adams said he will approach this next administration similarly to the way he approached the Biden administration.
"I want to be clear, I asked… the current president, President Biden, to come to New York City to help me in 2022 to deal with gun violence. He arrived in the city, sat down with the police department. I met with his team several times on several initiatives,” Adams said.
“That's the same way I feel with the incoming president. I am not going to be ‘warring’ with this president. I'm going to be working with this president,” he said.
Adams pushed back on claims that his warming attitude toward the next president is a reflection of his desire to obtain a pardon from Trump, saying, “I am not communicating with the President about a pardon.”
On whether he or his allies are seeking to get Trump’s pick to be the top prosecutor in the Southern District of New York to drop the charges against him, Adams said, “That is not my responsibility.”
“I have an attorney that is going to look at every avenue to go after this unjust attack on me. They will handle that, and that is why you have legal teams. My job is, as I stated before, my job is to run the city of New York, and that's what I'm doing. And if you look from the day that we became aware of these allegations, you saw our city continue to move in the right direction, and people are acknowledging how well we’re moving in this city. So let the attorneys handle the legal aspect of it.”