Klobuchar claims Trump administration makes Eric Adams a 'political pawn'

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) accused the Trump administration of making New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, a “political pawn,” specifically due to a recent order by an appointee in the administration.

The appointee in question, the Department of Justice’s acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, had ordered prosecutors in New York City to sign off on dismissing the mayor’s bribery case, as Adams was indicted last year on federal corruption charges. While these judges have opted not to obey the order, Klobuchar considered this “another day in the Trump administration” increasing “corruption.”