Bill de Blasio Defends Eric Adams: ‘Very Flimsy’ Charges

(Via Mediaite)

EXCERPT:

DE BLASIO: “I don’t happen to agree with him on a number of things he says or does, but I don’t think it’s fair to say, because he has that view, that therefore there’s a quid pro quo. I don’t see evidence of a quid pro quo. I also think, and I have said it for a while, that the original charges brought against him appear to me to be very flimsy. The mistake here, I think, is the Justice Department could have and should have said these charges are just not strong enough to continue to pursue. Apparently, in some of what they put out today, they actually do say that, but that’s the way they should have handled it. They shouldn’t have kept it an open prosecution. They should have said there’s nothing — there’s not enough here to continue with, so we’re dropping the case.”