Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) slammed the Division of Justice (DOJ) for disregarding the legal case in opposition to New York Mayor Eric Adams, pronouncing it’s “outright extortion.”
Goldman joined MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” on Sunday, the place he weighed in at the mayor’s prison tendencies.
“It is an outright extortion,” he stated. “This is way, way, way outside the bounds of the Department of Justice.”
The DOJ officially requested a federal district courtroom to drop the corruption fees in opposition to Adams after federal prosecutors in New york resigned as an alternative of disregarding the case.
Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi stated on Friday that the fees in opposition to the mayor, introduced ultimate September, had been going to be pushed aside.
Performing Deputy Legal professional Normal Emil Bove stated the legal lawsuits intrude with Adams’ skill to manipulate New York Town and that may pose “unacceptable threats” to security and safety.
Despite the fact that Goldman criticized Adams’ fees being pushed aside, he wasn’t very supportive for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to take away him from his management place.
“I hope we don’t get there,” he stated. “I expect that there will be a resolution among the leaders of our political establishment in New York that hopefully would avoid something like that.”
Because the Trump management settles into its new roles, there’s fear that Bondi would succumb to power from President Trump and use the dep. to prosecute his political enemies. Goldman expressed fear over the state of the DOJ.
“The politicization of the Department of Justice in a really bad and dangerous way … has to stop, and somebody needs to put a stop to it,” he stated.
