Eric Adams dodges question when pressed if he's 'embracing' Trump to get a pardon for criminal charges

New York City Mayor Eric Adams responded to claims helium was buttering up President-elect Donald Trump successful an effort to get "a pardon" for his caller transgression indictment connected ABC's "The View" Friday.

The Democratic politician faces a five-count indictment connected fraud, bribery and corruption charges, stemming from a run corruption investigation. Adams pleaded not blameworthy to the transgression charges successful a federal tribunal appearance successful September.

Co-host Sunny Hostin asked Adams astir allegations helium had precocious "embraced" Trump successful an effort to get the charges dropped, referring to comments Adams made up of the election, scolding the media for calling Trump a "fascist" and adjacent comparing him to Adolf Hitler.

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams connected "The View" connected November 15, 2024.

"Critics are suggesting that you person precocious embraced Trump, possibly due to the fact that you privation either the charges dropped oregon possibly a pardon from President-elect Trump. What’s your response?" she asked.

Adams archetypal said helium could not remark connected the case, since it was inactive successful litigation.

"I deliberation thing is much challenging than being — not being capable to support yourself successful public," helium answered, avoiding the Trump portion of the question.

"You tin speech astir whether oregon not you judge that your caller embracing of Trump, your critics are saying, is due to the fact that you anticipation for a pardon, oregon you anticipation to get immoderate benignant of charges possibly dropped," Hostin changeable back.

"Listen, I said it implicit and implicit again. I did thing wrong," Adams said, continuing to debar the question.

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives astatine the national tribunal aft being charged with bribery and illegally soliciting a run publication from a overseas national, successful New York City, U.S., October 2, 2024.  (REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs)

"I've spent 40 years of my life, 22 of them arsenic a constabulary officer, protecting the children and families of this city. I’m accordant connected that. I unrecorded my beingness the mode I expect mundane New Yorkers are expected to unrecorded their life. I person a ineligible team. They’re going to negociate that case," helium continued.

"My occupation is to bash what I’ve done since January 1st, 2022. Make definite transgression goes down successful the city, grounds fig of lodging built done the city, crook astir our system and marque definite arsenic you permission this spot that you could bask the information of the city. That’s my job," helium said.

While connected "The View," Adams doubled down connected his defence of Trump and disapproval implicit the media's utmost rhetoric calling him a "fascist."

"We reached a constituent successful this state wherever we nary longer privation to prosecute successful conversation. They were adjacent calling him Hitler," Adams told the wide hosts aft they pressed him to "explain" his remark from past month.

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Donald Trump, present the president-elect, speaks astatine a rally astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York, October 27, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

"That was an insult to the millions of Jews and others who died — we cognize what Hitler did and what I said to our state erstwhile I’m connected the streets talking to my young radical who are protesting connected assemblage campuses [with] Hamas signs and calling for the demolition of groups, I said we person to bring down this rhetoric," helium said. 

"We person to commencement engaging successful conversation. You know, [President] Obama said it close and I agreed. This is not the divided states, this is the United States. We are the top state connected the globe and radical are watching america name-calling."