Trump has the power to pardon the New York City mayor, whom federal prosecutors indicted in September on bribery charges.

In an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams doubled down on his claims that federal prosecutors targeted him because of his criticism of President Joe Biden’s handling of what he considered a crisis at the U.S. southern border.

Mayor Eric Adams will attend the inauguration of Donald Trump after the president-elect specifically asked for the Big Apple’s leader to come to Washington DC. Hizzoner will also attend a private party with the newly sworn-in President Trump.

The trip comes as Adams stares down federal corruption charges and just days before the president-elect’s inauguration.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams sat for an interview on The Tucker Carlson Show, completing his conservative evolution in desperate hopes for a pardon from President Trump. “The Eric Adams interview. Out tonight” Carlson posted on X Tuesday, with a teaser of said interview attached.

Mayor Eric Adams said that a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump was about New York City’s future. Each man has his own reasons to forge close ties.

Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, has flown to Mar-a-Lago to meet Donald Trump after suggesting he is open to receiving a presidential pardon.

The New York City mayor, who is under federal indictment, has spoken warmly about President-elect Donald J. Trump in recent weeks and has said he is open to receiving a pardon from him.

Black political and religious leaders criticized Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to skip local Martin Luther King Jr. Day events Monday in favor of attending the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.

Of course Mayor Eric Adams was right to meet with President-elect Donald Trump on Friday: New York City needs every friend it can get in Washington, and Queens’ most famous native son can be a very good friend indeed. That Adams’ trip to Florida upset his lefty critics is just icing on the cake.

Can you imagine [Bloomberg, Giuliani or Koch] driving… in the middle of the night to attend an inauguration, and being relegated [to overflow]?”