Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been suspected of cozying up to President-elect Donald Trump in hopes of getting a presidential pardon should he be convicted on corruption charges.
Adams was indicted in September amid allegations that he accepted luxury travel and campaign contributions from a Turkish official, as well as improperly accumulating $10 million in public funds over nearly a decade.
Adams has pleaded not guilty to the corruption charges and is helping his attorneys prepare for his trial in April.
But some insiders think he may also be pursuing a slightly different kind of legal strategy: refraining from criticizing Trump in hopes of getting a pardon if needed.
Adams has also indicated his willingness to work with Trump on fixing what he says is a broken immigration system. “I believe we can be helpful,” he told reporters on Tuesday, because “no one has gone through” what his own administration faced in the last two years with more than 200,000 migrants…
