Mayor Eric Adams coyly suggested he would “welcome” the support of Donald Trump as he fights bombshell federal bribery charges — while he quietly added a former Trump White House lawyer to his defense team. Hizzoner responded in broad terms Tuesday to a question about the former president contending the mayor’s stance on the Big Apple’s migrant crisis made him a target. “I welcome support from every American,” Adams said.
“No matter where they are and who they are. I welcome support from everyone from those who know me and from those who are just reading up on this. Every American in this great country, I welcome support from.
” The comments came as dozens of reporters repeatedly pressed Adams during his first weekly press conference since his historic federal criminal charges. Trump last week claimed he predicted Adams would face federal charges when the mayor spoke out on migrants, and implicitly against President Joe Biden — an argument that echoes his own claims that he’s a victim of legal persecution by the FBI and Department of Justice. “And I said, ‘You know what? He’ll be indicted within a year,'” Trump recounted during a Trump Tower press conference.
A sprawling federal indictment unveiled against Adams last week accuses him of defrauding taxpayers out of $10 million in matching campaign funds and taking $123,000 in bribes in the form of luxury travel perks from Turkish officials and nationals. The mayor pleaded not guilty to all five cou.