I am in New York City and feel compelled to comment on the Trump Administration's DoJ's decision to drop federal bribery and fraud charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
The corruption of this decision is simply breathtaking. The DoJ isn't denying the prima facie case against Adams. It is arguing that the charges impede his ability to combat crime and illegal immigration. In other words, the charges are inconvenient for the Trump Administration. But what is inconvenient for the Trump Administration isn't relevant to the administration of justice. If a public official breaches the law then they must be held to account. Executing the Trump Administration's policies isn't a get-out-of-jail-free card. Or at least it shouldn't be.
In other words, if a public official is serving the Trump Administration's agenda that official's conduct is beyond the reach of the law - at least until that official is no longer of any use to the Trump Administration. Indeed, the DoJ has given prosecutors leave to reinstate charges instead of dismissing them outright.
When you take the DoJ dropping its investigation against Adams while launching a lawsuit against New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York Attorney General Letitia James for what amounts to a policy disagreement rather than a breach of the law it demonstrates the Trump Administration's abuse of its authority less than a month in office. Unfortunately, it is only getting started.
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