Trump says he’s considering pardoning Eric Adams: ‘He was treated pretty unfairly’

President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he’d consider pardoning embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Trump was blunt when asked by a reporter during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort if he’d come to Adams’ rescue with a presidential pardon.

“I would,” he said. “I think that he was treated pretty unfairly.”

The declaration came as Adams battles for his political life and potential freedom against a historic bribery and corruption federal indictment, charges which he denies.

Many in Adams’ camp have seen another Trump presidency as a potential boon for his defense, either through a pardon or a sympathetic appointee to the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office, which is leading the case against the mayor.

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