Adams is at the center of a controversy over a directive by the Justice Department to drop corruption charges against him.
Amid a swirl of resignations, charges and calls for New York City Mayor Eric Adams to step down, one person who remains in the mayor's corner is his predecessor.Bill de Blasio, the former New York City mayor and a fellow Democrat, believes the case against Adams should never have been brought. The charges, which include bribery and campaign finance allegations, 'were flimsy,' de Blasio said in an interview Friday with CBS News.
He understands the law,' de Blasio said. 'I am not surprised that he takes a different position on immigration than the rest of us .' De Blasio was broadly critical of the case and the prosecutors who brought it, saying the plan to go to trial just two months before the city's crucial Democratic primary was irresponsible.However, Sassoon, in her resignation letter Thursday, noted that the Justice Department had indicted Adams earlier.
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