Trump suggests NYC mayor was indicted because he voiced concerns about the influx of migrants
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he doesn’t know if New York City Mayor Eric Adams should resign and suggested the indictment was prompted by Adams voicing concern over the influx of migrants in the city.
“I don’t know the mayor well, but he’s been fairly generous to me in his statements for a while,” Trump told reporters at Trump Tower. “I watched about a year ago when he talked about how the illegal migrants are hurting our city, and the federal government should pay us, we shouldn’t have to take them, and I said, you know what? He’ll be indicted within a year, and I was exactly right.”
“He came out very strongly against it. He was right, by the way, because it’s ruining our country. He was honest. And I said he will be indicted within a year, and that’s what happened, and I noticed the indictment is very old. This goes back a long time. Well, I have the same thing. They went way before the statute of limitations,” Trump said. “I wish him luck. I don’t know anything about what he did.”
Trump said he didn’t know if Adams will get a fair trial in New York City and continued to claim the Justice Department and FBI have been weaponized.
Adams was indicted on five federal charges related to bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy and soliciting campaign contributions from foreign nationals brought by the Southern District of New York.
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