A senior Department of Justice (DOJ) official defended the Trump administration’s decision to drop charges against Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams, telling reporters Tuesday that the investigation is political weaponization.
The DOJ ordered the Southern District of New York (SDNY) to drop corruption charges against Adams in February. The DOJ official touted Trump’s executive order targeting political weaponization.
“This is really a civics lesson for the Deep State about implementing the agenda that the American people voted for,” he told reporters.
A key tenet of President Trump’s agenda is immigration enforcement, but Adams’s prosecution is interfering with the DOJ’s deportation efforts, according to the official. Adams, the DOJ has argued, is not able to have a security clearance as he battles the charges, which makes it difficult for him to assist the Trump…
