At the heart of the crime wave that former cop Eric Adams rode into Gracie Mansion is homelessness. A huge chunk of the mayor's term has been devoted to finding homes for hordes of illegal aliens posing as refugees--at great taxpayer expense.
Yet it is Adams who now finds himself without a home, albeit only in a political sense.
In a letter to the Southern District of New York--the same legal jurisdiction responsible for adjudicating several cases against President Donald Trump--Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove instructed prosecutors to dismiss the Turkish consulate bribery case against Adams.
JUST IN: The Trump DOJ is working to dismiss the criminal case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams, according to @BillMelugin_.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 10, 2025
The development comes as Adams has been cordial with the new Trump administration, specifically with their fight against illegal immigration.
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Adams, a Democrat, found himself in the national spotlight when open border chaos descended on Gotham. He embraced New York's sanctuary city status until the human tide washed up on the shores of the five boroughs.
After that, Adams changed his tune. He alienated his party, leaders of which allegedly told Adams to "be a good Democrat" and go along with the plan. He pushed back repeatedly on the administration's inaction over the peacetime invasion of our southern border, only to be investigated and indicted by federal attorneys for the quotidian sins inherent to big city politics.
It's difficult to imagine President Trump taking the stage to promote Adams in nine months, but anything shy of that is on the table. The endorsement is tacit, barring the late-game entry of a Republican candidate.
The only other path would be Adams switching parties. Such a bold move would delete the wishy-washy factor, but it would invite the scorn of a local electorate conditioned to vote straight ticket blue.
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The compelling aspect of Trump's support is that it transcends party lines. Trump recognized the same lawfare levied against Adams that he faced so often during the last eight years. The Southern District--the favorite judicial weapon of the prior administration--should expect no quarter from Trump.
Of course, Trump must appreciate Adams for admitting the scope of the open borders fiasco. Indeed, there may be an unspoken quid pro quo at work here.
Zoomer Dems must be scratching their heads on news of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's pardon by the pen of President Trump. "Who is this guy," they must be wondering, "and why is Trump pardoning a Democrat?"
I like how this pardon plus the Eric Adams charges being dropped reinforce Trump's claims about Democrat lawfare. https://t.co/OlkhYzLVu2
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) February 11, 2025
The answer, empirically, is that Trump champions justice over party. A victim of relentless lawfare, he knows the dark nights of the soul when the legal apparatus of the federal government has been unleashed to destroy one's reputation.
That said, Blago is no saint. He played fast and loose with state finances. Further, his stances on gun laws, immigration, abortion, and a host of other issues are decidedly not MAGA-oriented. Nevertheless, it was Obama who paved Blago's path to prison. As many intimated, it was crass convenience for Obama to put the sale of his senate seat scandal under lock and key.
So, Blagojevich is as dirty as the next big blue city pol. But practically speaking, mercy is a great recruitment tool. Trump is demonstrating to the nation that he is at heart a fair man, and he's winning a few minds in the process.
In the final assessment, much of the Blago pardon is political window dressing. President Trump formally commuted Blagojevich's sentence in 2020, after the former governor had served eight years of his 14-year sentence.
The pardon is the cherry on top, timed to highlight Trump's magnanimity and beneficence at a time when the president is seeking to maintain his image while tearing down vast federal structures.
Full circle moment. Pritzker helped take down Blago, and now Trump might make him ambassador exactly what Blago was scheming for on those wiretaps. Politics really is just one big irony loop.
— Joe (@JoeTBA) February 7, 2025
And now you have to wonder… what does Blago have on JB? Illinois politics never… pic.twitter.com/9SJeEIL7pK
The final question: is this move more strategic than just promoting nonpartisan optics? The current Illinois governor, JB Pritzker, is a vocal anti-Trumper and deeply-connected, deep-pocketed, deep stater. His hotel-heir family boasts more billionaires than any other in the country. He loves transgenderism. He is in many ways, Trump's alter ego (mutual wealth aside).
In other words, does Blago have dirt on Pritzker that he's willing to share as a thank you for Trump's help? Time will tell.
