'A choke collar': Legal analyst nails why Trump ducked pardoning Eric Adams

Former Federal Prosecutor Andrew Weissman claimed there was a simple reason why President Donald Trump didn't outright pardon New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) on corruption charges: control.

"One of the things that's also been striking to me, and I know to you, because I've heard you talk about it, is that he still left the possibility open that these charges could still be filed again in the future," MSNBC host Jen Psaki said of acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove who has been on a controversial firing spree. "And it's important to remind people, because it feels like three weeks has been a year, that Trump had pardoned a lot of people. He could have pardoned Eric Adams, right? But he chose not to. How have you thought about that?" she asked Weissmann.

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The ex-prosecutor offered, "Well, there's only one explanation. I mean, you know, Bove has his story about how the case was brought too close to the primary. That's just an absurd argument, and Federal Judge [Dale] Ho can hear from him."

He continued, "What's really going on is, they don't want Eric Adams just on a tight leash; they want him on a choke collar. And you saw on [Fox News] TV it working. And not only did Eric Adams say, I'm sort of conceding and giving New York City over to ICE agents to do these kinds of arrests in the city."

"But, I want to make sure people understand, that it is against local law. So you have a mayor of the city of New York who is under indictment. He is out on bail saying that, 'I am going to permit the ICE agents, and with my blessing, to violate local law.' He has no authority to do that so the whole thing really stinks to high heaven, to put a fine point on it," he elaborated.

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