According to the five people with the knowledge of this problem, the highest officials in Trump discussed the possibility of dropping the corruption case to the mayor of New York. I am.
The authorities also said that they have been talking to Adams’ defense team since Trump took office. The defense team is led by Alex Spiro. Alex Spiro is the wealthy person in the world and one of the closest advisers of the President.
Trump has the power to allow Adams, who can support a large -scale expulsion plan as the mayor of New York City. In December, Mr. Trump suggested that the mayor was “fairly unfair” by a prosecutor and was considering issuing a pardon.
However, if the prosecutor completely rejects the case, Adams can claim innocence to voters as the mayor is seeking another term, and Trump considers many people to be unfair. You can avoid the appearance of pardon.
When promoting a lawsuit, two knowledge stated that Spiro had observed Trump’s criticism of it to officials in the department. The two have suggested that if the lawyer remains during the prosecution, the mayor does not tend to cooperate with the repression of the president’s immigration.
In the statement, Spiro strongly denied that he made such a proposal: “It’s a perfect lie.”
Washington’s officials are expected to meet the Manhattan prosecutor and the Adams team separately this week.
In September, Adams was prosecuted in September, including bribery, fraud, and illegal foreign campaign donations after a survey in 2021. He admitted that he was acquitted, maintained innocence, and was charged with criticizing the immigration of the Biden administration. New York’s policy is under the historical inflow of immigrants. The Federal Prosecutor refuted the claim.
For the last few weeks, Democratic members, Adams, have favored Trump. He met in the presidential election near Marua Lago, attended the inauguration ceremony, and then shared the criticism of the president in the future.
According to a few people close to the mayor, the two men are communicating directly for weeks and speaking over the phone. Earlier this month, at a meeting at West Palm Beach, they did not discuss the pardon, but Trump talked about the “weapon” Ministry of Justice, according to the person explained at the meeting.
A spokesman, a US lawyer office in the southern part of New York, refused to comment. The independent office is tentatively guided by Daniel R. Sasson, a veteran prosecutor chosen by the Trump administration.
Adams, who is running for re -election this year, will moderate the so -called sanctuary. There, the Trump administration officials began cracking down on unwritten immigrants this week. The Ministry of Justice is one of the organizations that leads to its crackdown.
Last week’s memo threatened to prosecute a local officials to obstruct administration’s immigration agenda.
Mr. Trump’s Deputy Secretary -General Todd Branche was a personal lawyer of Trump in the past two years and a former Federal prosecutor in the southern part of New York. Not. According to the Department of Justice, he said that it was talking about anonymous conditions that explain delicate discussions. Branse has not yet experienced the Senate confirmation process.
An official of the Ministry of Justice stated that all communication between Manhattan’s prosecutor and Adams’ legal team had passed Borve’s office.
It is not unusual for Washington’s Judician leaders to discuss famous criminal cases with the manhattan prosecutor. There are no signs that officials in the southern district tend to drop the incident. However, before confirming the choice of Mr. Trump for the Cice Secretary of Manhattan, Pam Bondy, Jay Clayton and the US prosecutor, the timing of the discussion was that temporary officials who currently operate the department rushed to the decision. Surse the question of whether you are trying.
It is also common for defenders to ask a high -ranking official of Washington to reduce or delete the prosecution. But what is noteworthy is that such a discussion is happening when there is a skeleton crew of the Trump administration officials who have been changing the main personnel and policy.
Discussions come at an uncertainty for federal corruption prosecutors. Earlier this week, the head of the department’s public consistency section resigned rather than accepting the transfer of the institution to unrelated parts.
And for prosecutors in the southern district, the interests are increasing in one or more methods.
If an officials in the advanced department ordered Sassone to reject the lawsuit and she refused, she would probably face a resignation or choice of dismissal. If she, or if she might take over her as a provisional leader in the office, she could suggest that Adams was wrong from the beginning. 。
In December, the mayor’s lawyer revealed that the prosecutor had presented additional evidence to the Great JU in his case in court documents, and more to the mayor himself, his colleagues, or both. It suggested that the accusation could come.
Earlier this month, a prosecutor wrote in another submission that “I have identified the stakeholders”, saying, “I have continued to clarify Adams’ additional criminal acts.” The submission did not provide additional details about the act they said.
Under Mr. Trump, the Federal Prosecutor is a Republican member of the Texas surgeon who was accused of acquiring private medical information about minors for gender trush care for minors, and a Republican member of the Nebraska. It moved quickly to stop the continuous case of Texas surgeon accused of Jeffrey Fortenberry. The second test on the campaign finance violation.
Glenzlash and Ben Protes have contributed to the report.
