Eric Trump Said Adams Treated the Trump Family Company Well
His remarks came in a radio interview last week in which he discussed the criminal case against Mr. Adams and the debate over whether the criminal charges against him might be dropped or he would be pardoned by President Trump.
'This guy just never, never got in the way,' Eric Trump said in a radio interview last week, referring to Mr. Adams. 'He never tried to throw our company out in New York. He was always supportive of everything that we did. And I can appreciate that.'
Instead, Eric Trump said in the interview with Sid Rosenberg, on Sid and Friends in the Morning on WABC, that Mr. Adams had been unfairly targeted by the Justice Department because he challenged the Biden administration on immigration issues. Eric Trump did not provide evidence to back up the assertion.
'No one believes that they're indicting somebody over getting an upgraded ticket on Turkish Airways,' Eric Trump said, referring incorrectly to Turkish Airlines. Mr. Adams is accused of receiving thousands of dollars' worth of travel benefits over several years, including upgrades on Turkish Airlines. 'And I can also appreciate somebody that had the guts to go against the Washington, D.C., machine.'
Eric Trump participated in the meeting that President Trump had last month at Mar-a-Lago with Mr. Adams. The mayor said after the meeting that the criminal case was not discussed, but people briefed on the meeting said Mr. Trump did speak generally about what he described as the 'weaponized' Justice Department.
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