Sometimes you gotta swallow your pride and do what you gotta do to save your bacon.
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Mayor Eric Adams will meet with President-elect Donald Trump Friday in Mar-a-Lago as federal corruption charges against Adams continue.
Trump, who will be sworn in three days later, has the power to pardon Adams.
The choice to fly down to Florida to meet the Republican president at his home, which doubles as his transition headquarters, presents an enormous political risk for the Democratic mayor as he struggles to defend his seat this year. It follows months of him parting ways with fellow Democrats to treat Trump with kid gloves, while publicly admonishing outgoing President Joe Biden for his handling of immigration.
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Trump has openly expressed interest in pardoning Adams, and has said they face similarly bogus charges from a politicized Department of Justice — a view the mayor shares. Adams on multiple occasions has said he believes he was punished for criticizing Biden and told POLITICO — when asked earlier this month if he has proof of that — that he believes he was targeted by Biden’s team, even if not by the outgoing president himself.
“I was targeted because of my stance to protect the city from the migrants and asylum seeker issues that we were facing,” Adams said during a recent appearance on a local ABC affiliate. “And I have a legal team that [is] going to pursue every avenue to get the justice that I deserve.”
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