{"id":2380696,"date":"2024-12-16T17:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T22:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-confirms-he-would-certainly-look-at-pardoning-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T17:51:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T22:51:07","slug":"trump-confirms-he-would-certainly-look-at-pardoning-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-confirms-he-would-certainly-look-at-pardoning-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump confirms he would \u2018certainly look at\u2019 pardoning NYC Mayor Eric Adams &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-confirms-he-would-certainly-look-at-pardoning-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2380696&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses \u200bPresident-elect\u200b Donald Trump&#8217;s consideration of pardoning New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who was recently indicted on multiple charges.\u200d Trump expressed\u200c that he would &#8220;certainly look at&#8221; the possibility of granting a pardon,noting \u2064Adams&#8217;\u2063 strong statements \u2063against \u2062illegal immigration as a contributing factor to his situation. Although\u200b Trump mentioned he has not fully\u200d assessed the seriousness of the indictment,\u200c he acknowledged that he had humorously predicted Adams&#8217; indictment\u200c after\u2063 the mayor made remarks about the unsustainability of\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jen-psaki-says-americans-only-think-theres-a-border-crisis-because-of-the-media\/\" title=\"Jen Psaki Says Americans Only Think There\u2019s A Border Crisis Because Of The Media\">current immigration situation<\/a>. The article highlights\u2064 Trump&#8217;s comments about the evolving relationship between him and Adams amidst the political landscape.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump confirms he would &lsquo;certainly look at&rsquo; pardoning NYC Mayor Eric Adams<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1913443\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> confirmed Monday that he would &ldquo;certainly&rdquo; consider pardoning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York City<\/a> Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eric-adams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Eric Adams<\/a>, noting how the mayor made &ldquo;some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cardin-well-need-to-talk-to-china-to-help-countries-deal-with-energy-needs-deal-with-energy-challenges-of-russia-sanctions\/\" title=\"Cardin: We&#039;ll Need to &#039;Talk to China&#039; to Help Countries Deal with Energy Needs, Deal with Energy Challenges of Russia Sanctions\">pretty strong statements<\/a>&rdquo; opposing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/illegal-immigrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">illegal immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Adams had been <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1YiOHVNs_eoxyN-ykHUCdO2DTSQtTCmmW\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">indicted<\/a> by a grand jury on five counts earlier this year, to which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3169134\/eric-adams-enters-not-guilty-plea-for-corruption-bribery-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he pleaded not guilty to the charges<\/a> he faces. When asked if he would consider pardoning the mayor, Trump responded that &ldquo;he would,&rdquo; but added that he &ldquo;hasn&rsquo;t seen the gravity of it all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3251167\/eric-adams-donald-trump-forge-big-apple-bromance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ERIC ADAMS AND TRUMP FORGE CURIOUS BIG APPLE BROMANCE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, it&rsquo;s very interesting when he essentially went against what was happening with the migrants coming in, and he made some pretty strong statements like &lsquo;this is not sustainable,&rsquo;&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I said &lsquo;you know what, he&rsquo;ll be indicted soon.&rsquo; And I said it not as a prediction, a little bit light-heartedly, but I said it. I said, &lsquo;he&rsquo;s going to be indicted!&rsquo; And a few months later, he got indicted. So yeah, I would certainly look at it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump says he will consider pardoning Eric Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wXtDNugsoT\">pic.twitter.com\/wXtDNugsoT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1868701421597573139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Prior to winning the 2024 election against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>, Trump commented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3194491\/trump-adams-indictment-suspicious-mayor-immigration-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">how Adams&rsquo;s indictment was &ldquo;very suspicious,&rdquo;<\/a> given the timing of it and how it occurred after Adams spoke out &ldquo;against the destruction of New York&rdquo; by illegal immigrants. He also stated that the mayor &ldquo;did the right thing&rdquo; by speaking up on this topic.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after Trump&rsquo;s news conference, Adams was asked if he would accept Trump&rsquo;s pardon should the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">president-elect grant<\/a> him one. The mayor did not provide a straight answer and instead directed questions on his legal battle to his attorney. He also was unable to confirm if his lawyer had been in contact with the Trump administration on a potential pardon.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2728712&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=2620f67314ce39c97b2aa588cf642573\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York City mayor was just on Dr. Phil&rsquo;s show on Merit TV, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3261422\/eric-adams-vows-fight-indictment-dr-phil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the two discussed his indictment and how Adams was &ldquo;extremely vociferous&rdquo;<\/a> on the topic of illegal immigration and its impact on New York City. He also said that if one were to look at the &ldquo;crevices&rdquo; of the indictment, they would see that &ldquo;something is just not right&rdquo; about it.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I served this city as a police officer, I served this city as a state senator, as a borough president, and I&rsquo;m serving it as a mayor,&rdquo; Adams said. &ldquo;And I think that my story is an American story, and I&rsquo;m going to fight to the bitter end for this city.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Adams confirmed that he intends to work with the incoming Trump administration on its deportation of illegal immigrants, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3248890\/adams-work-trump-administration-instead-warring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">citing a desire for &ldquo;people to talk to each other.&rdquo;<\/a> The mayor&rsquo;s cooperation runs counter to the resistance some other Democrats have offered, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3239219\/denver-mayor-refuses-assist-trump-deportation-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">including Mayor Mike Johnston of Denver, Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1913443\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1913443\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump says he would consider pardoning NYC Mayor Eric Adams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2380697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump-on-Adams-pardon-1024x685.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[36661,38349,28679,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2380696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-eric-adams","tag-nyc-mayor","tag-pardoning","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Trump-on-Adams-pardon-1024x685.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380696"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2380700,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380696\/revisions\/2380700"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}