Mayor Adams told feds his case blocked him from helping Trump immigration crackdown: court docs
Amid growing outrage over the Department of Justice’s plan to dismiss Mayor Adams’ corruption case, the mayor and his lawyers have insisted there was no quid pro quo agreement with the Trump administration.
But in a letter released Tuesday, Adams’ lawyer laid out in great detail the different ways the indictment hanging over Adams’ head made it harder for him to assist with the Trump’s hardline immigration efforts.
“As his trial grows near, it will be untenable for the Mayor to be the ever-present partner that [the Department of Homeland Security] needs to make New York City as safe as possible,” Alex Spiro wrote in the Feb. 3 letter.
“It will be untenable for him to stay on top of city agencies and officials to ensure that his agenda on issues like immigration is being respected. And it will be untenable for him to unify the city around a much-needed rollback of certain sanctuary city policies.”
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