and and eric adams does have to defend himself a little bit more thoroughly, uh, in, in court. >> um, ashley, to bring you into this conversation, mayor adams released a statement today saying in part, quote, i want to be crystal clear with new yorkers. i never offered, nor did anyone offer on my behalf and any trade of my authority as your mayor for an end to my case. never. do you buy that? ashley? >> listen, my. >> advice to. >> mayor adams is. >> to heed the lessons from the former mayor of new york, who actually sold his soul to the dark side. it always ends in shameful ruin when you get into the in bed with donald trump. and that's where this thing is headed. and that's what was clear in that interview, which is why. adams his smile quickly got wiped off when, uh, when the czar said he was going to put his foot up his. you know what? so nevertheless. but i here's the thing that i think is really at play here is the pattern we're seeing on the part of donald trump to not only test, but to undermine the guardrails. and now he's being bolstered by the republicans in congress who ar

what if, in that meeting with eric adams and his lawyers. >> and emil bove. >> and doj, what if eric adams had said, no, i actually do not support donald trump's agenda on immigration. would he have still gotten this dismissal? i think it's 100% clear. the answer is no. there's your quid pro quo now, is there criminality? is there somebody who could be charged criminally with some sort of corruption? first of all, the answer is this doj certainly is not going to do that. but second of all, that's going to come down to the specific nuances of what exactly was said by whom, using exactly what words in that meeting. and importantly, as danielle sassoon notes, her team tried to take notes but was told to stop. and then they seized their notes. so ultimately it would come down to different accounts of what exactly was said within that meeting. i'm sure they would differ in substantial ways. >> beauvais is bondi's hatchet. she could have signed that motion. you correct me if i'm wrong. i heard her say she was in a different time zone. but in the end, when they couldn't get someone else to s

eric adams was indicted. he was charged with a series of crimes. the the justice department has now demanded this case be withdrawn. why not? because there isn't evidence against him. not because there was prosecutorial misconduct, but solely so that he will help president trump advance his agenda on immigration. that is something that has never happened before in american history, that they drop a case because of a political agenda on the part of both the president and the defendant. and, you know, it's it's a black mark for the justice department. >> i mean, it's very clear that adams is going to give them something that they want. and so the charges are going to go away. they're not even honestly trying that hard to hide that part of it. >> let me let me be the criminal defense attorney here and why this is a joyful day for the criminal defense bar. we very rarely, as criminal defense attorneys, get to see how the sausage is made. and we're seeing now how washington and a particular u.s. attorney's office, the sovereign district of new york, are

>> i mean, eric adams is still a democrat. ish, right?does push. >> you think he's masculine? >> i. >> know he's buff for 63 years old. i was going to say obama, you know, when they said right away who's the most. and now he's slim, but he's athletic. he plays ball. >> but is he right that republican? well, first of all, let me just show you the numbers, because actually the numbers maybe do suggest this for young men, uh, under the age of 29, the swing from 2020 to 2024, in trump's favor is pretty significant. 49 to 48. trump to harris is almost tied with young men. trump did very well with young people relative to what he normally does. there's something going on here. >> and i mean this this is why, you know, joe rogan was so influential in this campaign. joe rogan has an audience mostly of young men. there was this whole big drama about whether kamala harris was going to give an interview to him, wound up not doing it, i think is probably a mistake, although it probably didn't affect the outcome of the election. but, i mean, i think,

bovÉ, with eric adams, counsel and members of my office. quid pro quo, indicating that adams would be in a position to assist with the department's enforcement priorities only if the indictment were dismissed. is that i don't know who his lawyers are, but is that legal? >> well, you know, that's the offer. the part that's improper. is beauvais accepting it? in other words, the they're saying this is something he can do for you. and beauvais should have said to that there is no way that that is something that we're going to do. we're going to decide your case on the merits. and so it's important to know the sham reasons. sham is my words. the sham reasons that beauvais gave for this direction. he gave two reasons. one is he said that this case needs to be dismissed because it was brought too close to the primary. and danielle sassoon goes chapter and verse through why they complied completely with every department of justice rule about when you can bring these cases and there is no department of justice rule policy law that forbids a case fr

, danielle sassoon reported to the world what she believed to be a quid pro quo meeting between eric adam's team and the trump administration to help trump with his immigration enforcement priorities here in new york city. and this morning, the border czar, tom homan, said this of adams. >> if he doesn't come through. i'll be. >> back in new york city and we won't. >> be sitting on a couch. i'll be in his office up, up his. butt saying, where the hell is the agreement? we came. >> to quid pro quo. we've come full circle from the first impeachment of donald trump for trying to extort ukraine's then president elect zelensky to hurt joe biden's successful 2020 presidential campaign in exchange for security assistance against russia, which subsequently invaded the country. this week, all the free world's national security leaders are at the munich security conference, days ahead of the third anniversary of vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. that's the setting in which vice president j.d. vance decided today to lecture europe about democratic values. >> i believe deeply that there is no secur

new york governor kathy hochul will hold a meeting about new york city mayor eric adams's future. >> brian: cover of "new york post" reading fall from gracy, as four of adams top aides, deputy mayors, all resign. >> ainsley: alexis mcadams joins us with the latest. >> come ins as new york governor kathy hochuls she will meet this morning, we're told, with key leaders to discuss new york city mayor eric adams removal from office. they are looking at it in new york city. this comes as fellow democrats have been pushing to try to get adams out of their, including the city comptroller. the governor releasing this statement, i recognize immense responsibility i hold as governor and constitutional power granted to this office. in 235 years of new york state history, the powers have never been utilized to remove a mayor. that is what kathy hochul is saying, cause to remove mayor adams are growing louder. this was yesterday in new york city. people had signs and were chanting. people say they want him gone. he is accused of making a deal with the justice department to drop his own criminal ca

federal judge dale ho, who has been presiding over the case of the united states of america versus eric adams, was hearing a motion by donald trump's justice department to just dismiss the charges against mayor adams, a motion that was opposed by all of the new york city federal prosecutors who were handling the case. in all, eight federal prosecutors in new york city and washington have resigned over what they believe is an illegal scheme to dismiss the case for political purposes. one of the briefs filed in the case today included a letter from danielle sassoon, who was the acting u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. her eight page letter offering her resignation and her refusal to file the motion to dismiss, accused acting deputy attorney general emil bove of entering a quid pro quo for the dismissal, the letter said. mr. bovÉ proposes dismissing the charges against adams in return for his assistance in enforcing the federal immigration laws. the reasons advanced by mr. bovÉ for dismissing the indictment are not ones i can, in good faith, defend, as in the public interest a

the mayor of new york city is eric adams. he's a democrat. he's elected in 2021. the people of new york who elected adams largely on his his tough on crime platform. would soon learn that federal prosecutors at s.d.n.y in the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york. federal prosecutors started investigating him in 2021, even before he took office, because they were looking into what appeared to be serious irregularities in his campaign. fundraising. within a couple of years, the fbi was searching the homes and offices of the mayor's fundraising chief and his top staffers. and this past september, eric adams became the first sitting mayor of new york city to ever be charged with federal crimes. he was indicted on a whole raft of charges involving allegedly fraudulent campaign contributions, also a rip snorting alleged bribery scheme in which he allegedly took campaign funds and gifts, and luxury travel from agents of the government of turkey in exchange for doing favors for the government of turkey. and obviously, this is a huge deal, right? fir

pray that they'll know in their final months that they're not alone. >> carley: new york mayor eric adams yet. a federal judge ordering doj attorneys to explain their decision to drop adams case in court today set for 2 p.m. eastern time. governor kathy hochul met with city leaders to discuss possibility of removing the mayor from office. >> only reason that the governor has to make a decision to do something or not do something that has not been done in 235 years is because there was a double standard used on eric adams case. having said that, the governor said she would see what the judge decides tomorrow and keep deliberating with other leaders. >> carley: man who could replace adams is social activist known for pushing anti-police agenda. a new york city criminal rights advocate whose son was murdered. there is a possibility the governor could remove mayor adams from office. first in line to replace him is the city's public advocate, jamani williams. what do you know about him? do you think he is right for the job? >> my opinion, personal or otherwise, is that he is not suitable, he i

the mayor of new york city is eric adams. he's a democrat. he's elected in 2021. e people of new york who elected adams largely on his his tough on crime platform, would soon learn that federal prosecutors at s.d.n.y in the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york. federal prosecutors started investigating him in 2021, even before he took office, because they were looking. >> into. >> what appeared to be serious irregularities in. >> his campaign fundraising. >> within a couple of years, the fbi was searching. >> the. >> homes and offices of the mayor's. fundraising chief and his top staffers. and this past september, eric adams became the first sitting mayor of new york city to ever be charged with federal crimes. he was indicted on a whole raft of charges involving allegedly fraudulent campaign contributions, also a rip snorting alleged bribery scheme in which he allegedly took campaign funds and gifts, and luxury travel from agents of the government of turkey in exchange for doing favors for the government of turkey. and obviously, this is a

it sure seemed like eric adams was trying to make good on his end of the deal. mean, adams met with trump's border czar, tom homan, and agreed to open up rikers island to ice agents, which is a significant shift in the city's sanctuary policy and is exactly what homan said he told adams to do. it's almost as if he has something on him. and then the very next day, there was adams on the set of fox and friends right next to tom homan. and i want you to just listen to part of what homan had to say to adams. >> if he doesn't come through, i'll be back in new york city and we won't be sitting on a couch. i'll be in his office up, up his butt saying, where the hell is the agreement we came to? >> that's what i would call a very uncomfortable and nervous laugh on adams, on adams part there. but i mean, just to pause on this for a moment, there were mass resignations because of this suspected quid pro quo. and then they literally went on television and announced that quid pro quo on fox. if you felt a little crazy watching that, well, you're not alone. that's how i felt

how do new yorkers feel about the issues surrounding eric adams?s a black stain on top of eric adams because this is playing out in the media. everyone is well aware of what's going on. everyone was well aware that he was arrested and that he was being prosecuted, and that that same u.s. attorney's office was seeking to put additional charges on eric adams in the next coming weeks. but now there's a complete halt to all of this. but again, not because of the strength of the case. so this looks really bad on mayor eric adams, but it just looks bad on government in general. it looks bad on the prosecutorial powers of this government, where people are going to be questioning the integrity of the department of justice, the integrity of the district, of the district attorney's office and the u.s. attorney's office. as to this is how you go about prosecuting crime. and can we really trust that you're looking out for the best interests of new yorkers? >> so so the question now becomes around the investigations into eric adams aides, as well as other matte

i would also say that eric adams has been campaigning subtly for this. he met with tom homan, um, you know, the trump supporters are, you know, very early after trump's victory. and he also went on even tucker carlson's podcast just the other week, a very close trump ally. >> so, brad, what is your response to that? does it change your your characterization of the case? >> well, the u.s. attorney's and the districts work for the department of justice. this has always been the case. and the department of justice issued a directive to the southern district of new york that it did not follow. the attorney general, pam bondi, is going to get her way when it comes to the u.s. prosecutions. that's that's it's just that's an insubordination. and, you know, the kinds of people who become u.s. attorneys are strong, confident, self-assured people. they're not going to they don't like taking direction from department of justice. but that's what's going to happen in this case. >> several of them resigned in protest. stand by. we have a lot more to talk about this ho

governor kathy hochul is now considering whether she will take the extraordinary step to remove mayor eric adams from office. the governor announced the meeting after four of the city's top officials quit in protest, saying they could not they could no longer serve under adams. this is all connected to the federal corruption charges he faces. the trial he was about to be that was about to begin, and a top justice department official directing prosecutors in new york to drop that case against eric adams. cnn's gloria pazmino has more on this. gloria, what are you hearing about? what more are you learning about this meeting happening today between the governor and others? >> well, well, kate, it's not only an extraordinary state for the governor to take. it actually hasn't happened in the city's modern history, at least in the last 100 years. and she's made it clear that she does not take this lightly at all. and for that reason, she is meeting with top democrats here in new york, including congressman hakeem jeffries, congressman greg meeks, the reverend al sharpton, and several other leaders who

eric adams, when he ran, he was more progressive.me more moderate because he has seen how expensive it is to house these illegal migrants in new york city. and he said he wants to find common ground and work with this new administration because new york city has been forced to shoulder the burden of a national humanitarian crisis. he said 230,000 migrants have come to our city at the cost of $7 billion with little help from the previous administration. >> brian: what is happening is adams is on the outs, you know, he was indicted. that was lifted. and because of that, the district attorney has stepped aside. >> steve: u.s. attorney. >> brian: u.s. attorney i should say stepped aside. so she left yesterday. okay? now, yesterday, the governor was on another network said she is considering getting rid of adams. she could fire him. >> steve: she could. >> brian: fire him as mayor. if aoc had her way yesterday she called on adams to leave. they don't like each other. we will probably ask him correctly. that's how it is. there is another s

. >> for of mayor eric adams. top deputies resigned yesterday, days after the former u.s. attorney in manhattan and six other federal prosecutors also resigned in protest. they claim the justice department agreed to drop bribery and fraud charges against adams in exchange for the mayor cooperating with president trump's immigration crackdown. >> there is no one who believes that this wasn't a quid pro quo. if it wasn't a quid pro quo, why did all of those folks in the department of justice? why did the acting u.s. attorney, who had been appointed by the trump administration, why would they have resigned? >> adams says there was no quid pro quo. >> you have departures. >> this happens in his career. i must continue to lead, not, you know, based on my successes, what i've done, but what i have overcome. >> but now, the new york city council speaker claiming this administration no longer has the ability to effectively govern with eric adams as mayor and governor kathy hochul, who has the power to remove the mayor, sa

with elon musk, what's happening with mayor eric adams in. new york, which he. >> just talked. >> about, but they're not focused on, for example, the. tax cuts. >> and just. >> to the congressman's point, just briefly. >> is i believe that you're going to see those republicans. in swing districts. they were also promised one. they promised one thing that donald trump signed up for, and. that was salt. the state and local. tax exemption. and i think it's going to be a fight between the freedom caucus and the salt caucus, and that this will. probably break apart on that alone. >> well, maybe i mean, just let them fight amongst each other. the leopard's the face eating all that other stuff. conor lamb, susan del percio, it's good to see you both. thanks for being here. and when we come back, european leaders expected to talk security at the munich security conference. instead, they got a scolding from vice president j.d. vance. we're going to get into that. coming up next. >> the average person would rather suffer through. >> team building exerc

charges against eric adams at any time time. for instance, if he were to stop cooperating with trump's. immigration policies. >> now, that. >> is a carrot and a stick. with that, let's bring in our lead off panel. >> katie benner, pulitzer. >> prize winning correspondent for the new york times. >> molly jong-fast, special correspondent. >> for vanity fair and an msnbc contributor. and barbara mcquade, a veteran. federal prosecutor and. >> former united states attorney. >> for the eastern. district of michigan. her new book, attack from. >> within how disinformation is sabotaging america. >> is out now. i am speechless. >> rarely happens as. >> the three. >> of you know me. >> so well. >> with what's transpiring. i'm relieved to have. the three of you here. >> barb. >> let's start with you. you know. >> the law. you know the process. >> let's talk. >> about that motion. >> to dismiss that was filed just a few hours ago. i want to talk about judge dale ho and his role in whether or not this case gets dismissed against eric adams.

and i am a democrat, but i see it plain as day here when tom homan appeared with eric adams, mayor adams governor's office. one of the things that governor is bringing out what is that the quid pro quo here? adams is facing serious indictment and all of a sudden the department of justice decided orders from the white house or whatever to drop the case. then adam suddenly cooperating on immigration. at the suggestion is quid pro quo. here is what adam said about last week on "fox & friends" statement. i think one of the top neutrality attorneys in the country. imagine going on the side and the only way mayor adams is going to assist in immigration, which i was calling for since 2022 is if you drop the charges. that is quid pro quo, that is a crime. >> john: he says he didn't do it that he has had a change of heart when it comes to illegal immigration. no question. >> we have common sense with democrats are more conservative and want public safety. we have worked with the mayor and we said you can do executive orders. we opened the i.c.e. focus on rikers island, the jail complex. he was lo

and so he's consistently tied himself to eric adams in that manner. and he repeated that from the white house this week. >> so in the wake of this decision, mayor adams made an appearance on fox news. and he was alongside trump's border czar, tom homan. let's play part of that. here it is. >> imagine him going inside saying that the only way mayor adams is going to assist in immigration, which i was calling for since 2022, is if you drop the charges. that's quid pro quo. that's a crime. >> if he doesn't come through, i'll be back in new york. city and we won't be sitting on the couch. i'll be in his office up, up his butt saying, where the hell is the agreement we came to? >> i'm curious how you interpret the optics of this pairing, because it seems unusual considering mayor adams is a democrat and his federal case has absolutely nothing to do with immigration. >> yeah, it is. it is definitely notable and really unusual, i would say. and that appearance, that joint appearance with tom homan and eric adams was a little bit tense, actually, i felt, but

attorney general, emil beauvais, who shortly after donald trump took office, quote, called mayor eric adams lawyer, saying he wanted to talk about potentially dismissing the case. what followed was a rapid series of exchanges between adams lawyers and trump's administration. quote, the series of events in which the acting number two official at the justice department seemed to guide criminal defense lawyers toward a rationale for dropping charges against a high profile client, represents an extraordinary shattering of norms for an agency charged with enforcing the laws of the united states. quote, it also sends a message under the trump administration, the justice department will make prosecutorial decisions based not on the merits of a case, but on purely political concerns. longtime prosecutors and defense lawyers said, quote, prompted by mr. beauvais, the mayor's lawyers refined their approach until they landed on a highly unorthodox argument. records and interviews show one that was ultimately reflected in mr. beauvais memo to prosecutors monday. that memo stated that the criminal case

so as of this morning, seven principled resignations and the eric adams charges still weren't droppedue confirmed by nbc news legal correspondent lisa rubin. emil bove convened all the prosecutors in the justice department's public integrity section. like two dozen or so prosecutors convened them all together in the same place and told them they had one hour to decide which one of them was going to sign the motion, calling for the charges to be dismissed. emil bove apparently made clear that promotions were in the offing for anybody who'd be willing to sign this motion. and if you weren't willing to sign, well, they could all be fired. ultimately, one veteran career prosecutor, who is apparently nearing retirement, said he would volunteer to sign the motion basically under duress, not because he necessarily supported it, but because he was hoping to save all of his colleagues jobs. and so tonight, trump's justice department has filed this motion in federal court in new york tonight, united states of america v eric adams, defendant, quote, the united states respectfully submits this mo

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it's a place for eric adams. adams and trump border czar tom homan deny any quid pro quo here -- we drop the charges, you help us round up immigrants. but homan kind of let it slip with the fox and the friends. >> you are talking about the new alliance between ice and adames. >> if he doesn't come through, i will be back in new york city. we will be in his office saying where is the agreement we came to. >> stephen: ah ha! their agreement! but 'up his butt'? sir, he is the mayor of new york. you do not go up eric adams' butt. unless you stop in istanbul first. we've got a great show for you tonight, my guests are george clooney and "reacher" himself, alan ritchson. but when we come back, meanwhile! join me, won't you? ♪ ♪ for all those making it big out there... ...shouldn't your mobile service be able to keep up with you? get wifi speeds up to a gig at home and on the go. introducing powerboost, only from xfinity mobile. now that's big. xfinity internet customers, cut your mobile bill in half vs. t-mobile, verizo

i mean, i know damien williams, like i know eric adams. i know eric much longer.ntegrity, worked his way up through the system. what what is the political gain for him to have done this and the investigation preceded him? so i think that you've now got a position where they can maybe let this go, but they've wrecked a lot of how we deal with law and politics in new york. and that, to me, is at the feet of donald trump. >> do you think eric adams should resign? >> i have no idea. i want to see what the judge says. i mean, a lot of us are talking, and we've said that we will collectively say what we're going to say after we see what the judge says. but i think right now the judge has to bring them in. i think someone said here he should bring him in under oath and ask them what was said. what led to this? why did you come and where is the law? here? >> but to your point, how how do new yorkers live in a city not run by its elected leader? you said he and aoc says adams must be removed. the city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a mayor who is being

eric adams goes to court. any minute now, the new york city mayor will be face to face with a judge for a hearing on the motion to dismiss the criminal corruption charges against him. we're going to take you live to the courthouse. also, all politics is local. president donald trump is again weighing in on new york city politics, now ending the much debated congestion pricing plan and name calling. president donald trump calls ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky a dictator without elections, after zelensky accused him of living in a russian disinformation bubble. we're going to take you to the front lines in ukraine. plus, news from the vatican. we're going to go live to rome, where we just got an update on pope francis's condition as he's being treated for pneumonia. our nbc news reporters are following the very latest developments for us. we're going to begin with nbc's rehema ellis, who's outside the courthouse in new york city, where that hearing over the request to dismiss charges against mayor eric ad

mayor eric adams corruption case. and that is getting underway here in new york. a federal judge is taking up the doj's bid to drop the charges against mayor adams. acting deputy attorney general emil bove is expected to appear there in court today. he's called for the case to be dismissed without prejudice, arguing that it hinders the mayor's ability to do his job and prevents him from fully focusing on president trump's immigration crackdown. >> to this point, at least eight federal prosecutors have now resigned in protest with the former interim u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, danielle sassoon, accusing the doj of taking part in a quid pro quo with the mayor. the doj and mayor adams deny that allegation. the case is causing an uproar among some legal experts, urging the judge not to approve this dismissal without digging deeper into the circumstances surrounding the deal. joining us now to discuss former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and cnn's senior legal analyst elie honig and david freelander, he's a writer

danielle soon revealed that there was more to come in the case against eric adams. e have proposed a superseding indictment that would add an obstruction conspiracy count based on evidence that adams destroyed and instructed others to destroy evidence and provide false information to the fbi, and that would add further factual allegations regarding his participation in a fraudulent straw donor scheme. danielle sassoon reminded the attorney general that it is not up to the prosecutors to dismiss a case that is already in court. only a judge can do that. danielle sassoon warned the attorney general, the assigned district judge, the honorable dale e ho, appears likely to conduct a searching inquiry. in this case. that means it is very possible that a searching inquiry will involve the judge forcing into the courtroom to try to defend his order to dismiss the case on political grounds. purely political grounds. danielle sassoon wrote i remain baffled by the rushed and superficial process by which this decision was reached, in seeming collaboration with adams counsel. wit

el alcalde de nueva york, eric adams se reunieron hoy con el zar de la frontera tom ha que busca unaivisiÓn la uniÓn con el zar de inmigraciÓn era completamente necesaria. >> [habla en inglÉs] reportera: ¿en algÚn momento pudieron hablar de la posibilidad de que le ayude ideas a buscar a criminales que son indocumentados? >> [habla en inglÉs] [habla en inglÉs] reportera: ¿hay alguna manera de que el gobierno de trump tenga control sobre buses, sobre su persona? eso es lo que dicen los crÍticos, el cine completamente controlado. >> [habla en inglÉs] reportera: eso es lo que dicen sus crÍticos, que lo tiene completamente controlado. >> [habla en inglÉs] reportera: el alcalde adams nos dijo que estas reuniones con homan, serÁn a menudo y bastante comunes para asegurarse que la logÍstica estÉ funcionando. sabemos que la gobernadora kathy hochul se reÚne la semana entrante supuestamente en washington con el presidente trump. elian: gracias. en nueva york arrestaron al presunto asesino de un hombre cuyos restos fueron encontrados dentro de una maleta flotandoen aguas, la policÍa arrestÓ al

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she noted the two reasons emil bove gave for dismissing the case against eric adams. and she said, i cannot advance either argument in good faith. mr. bove proposes dismissing the charges against adams in return for his assistance in enforcing the federal immigration laws. analogizing to the prisoner exchange in which the united states freed notorious russian arms dealer viktor bout and in return for an american prisoner in russia. she quotes the justice department manual saying the legal judgments of the department of justice must be impartial and insulated from political influence. she quoted attorney general bondi's memo to justice department employees, saying they must not allow political influence in their decision making, saying in your words, the department of justice will not tolerate abuses of the criminal justice process, coercive behavior or other forms of misconduct. dismissal of the indictment for no other reason than to influence adams's mayoral decision making would be all three. although mr. bove disclaimed any intention to exchange leniency in the case

after being ordered to drop corruption charges against new york mayor eric adams. quitting today, danielle sassoon acting u.s. attorney for new york's southern district. also stepping down. john keller, acting head of the justice department's public integrity section and deputy assistant attorney general kevin driscoll, the department's top career prosecutor. then this evening, we learned from sources that as many as three additional public integrity prosecutors also quit. all of this follows what happened just three days ago, when the new acting deputy attorney general, emil bove, a former attorney for president trump, ordered danielle sassoon to dismiss the charges against adams. bova's memo to sassoon laying it out raised eyebrows in that he said the doj reached its determination, quote, without assessing the strength of the evidence. now, instead, bove said that the case, which was supposed to go to trial this spring, would have distracted the new york mayor and mayor adams from supporting the federal government's crackdown on migrants. now, on this broadcast m

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democrats are calling on new york city mayor eric adams to resign after the doj dropped federal chargesgainst him. now the mayor is responding. >> ? this is outrageous violation of the rules of prosecutors. >> it is outright extortion. >> come on, this is silly. >> judge hear arguments as 14 states look to block elon musk and doge from federal data. >> >> steve: yep. good luck with that president trump revving up the crowd at the daytona 500. [cheers] [cheers and applause] >> steve: walking with his granddaughter, carolina right there. hey, "fox & friends" starts right now. and, remember, mornings are better when you watch fox. ♪ shook me all night long ♪ yeah, you ♪ shook me all night long ♪ live from "studio m" welcome aboard. >> kayleigh: thank you. >> steve: ainsley and brian are off and kayleigh is in today. >> kayleigh: thank you. >> steve: and lawrence, welcome back. >> lawrence: thank you. >> steve: we will looked to the left and there was air force one at palm beach international airport. right after we left the president hopped in the plane, flew to northern portions of florid

donald trump and eric adams deny anything that happened here is sketchy. trump going further, saying he didn't know anything about the doj ordering the case dropped. and the plan, it seems, was for adams to do the same on national television from the friendly confines of the fox and friends couch. but something unexpected happened. >> think about my attorney, alex spiro, one of the one of the top trial attorneys in the country. imagine him going inside saying that the only way man adams is going to assist in immigration, which i was calling for since 2022, is if you drop the charges, that's quid pro quo. that's a crime. >> and then there's this. pay attention to the timing. adams said that about 752 actually exactly here on the east coast. no quid pro quo, no crime. would never think of doing that. matter settled right. but eight minutes later, at 8 a.m., on the same couch, trump immigration czar tom homan said, actually, there was some kind of deal. >> if he doesn't come through, i'll be back in new york city and we won't be sitting on a couch. i'll be in

leverage over eric adams. if you believed his doj that a case was unwarranted, you would dismiss it with prejudice, meaning it cannot come back. >> one more thing i. think is really important. >> the career prosecutors who signed this letter, antoinette bacon and edward sullivan, they did. >> the. >> right thing. they did a very difficult thing. if they had refused to sign this. >> letter. >> you would have had 30 people fired at doj and it would have gone to the next group who would have been in the same predicament. so i think what they did. was very difficult. but the absolute right. >> thing to do, they're to be commended. >> i mean, that's really interesting. if they are trying to use this as leverage, especially hearing what tom homan says to eric adams, that interview about, if you're not in line with our immigration plan, then i'm going to be in your office. >> i know they're laughing. >> but that's exactly. >> the deal. >> that didn't seem like really. >> awkward laughing. >> by one guy. >> yeah. >> b

rather than enable donald trump's deal with new york city mayor eric adams, which we'll talk about later in the show, where in the federal bribery charges against adams, which he denies, would be dropped, apparently in exchange for his cooperation with trump's immigration policies. emile beauvais tried and tried again to get a doj official to sign on to the order to drop those charges at multiple turns. career prosecutors in many cases, conservatives who had signed on to work with the trump administration refused to do something that they felt was either illegal or unjustified or immoral or improper. they quit rather than sign on to the order. now, eventually, beauvais found a guy, a lawyer named ed sullivan, in the public integrity unit at the department of justice, to go along with the scheme. he's a trial attorney at doj who was retiring. he possibly agreed to do this under the unspoken threat that if he didn't, his colleagues would lose their jobs. so there are two schools of thought here. one, as outlined by the legal scholar laurence tribe on my program this past saturday, is that

now, i. >> think. >> this eric adams issue is really interesting. obviously, we just heard trump saying, you know, i had no idea about this. i didn't direct it, but obviously eric adams and his team and cozying up. >> to trump to the. >> white. house since the election, feeling that it was their best possible chance to get a pardon. obviously they didn't go as far as a pardon this time, but they're kind of holding it over his head. i mean, even if you watch the fox and friends interview this morning with eric adams and with tom homan, the borders are home and basically said that if you don't agree, if you don't, you know, continue to hold up our agreement. i'm going to be in your office, up your butt. he said. >> on immigration? >> yes. on immigration. and so i think that the eric adams is is a is a really interesting idea. and this kind of meltdown in new york city. but this was always going to happen in some format because of what trump wants to do with this. >> and again, just to take a step back as you come in, josh, there was always a question