Reid on Eric Adams, Blagojevich Cases: ‘Who Needs Ethics When You’re Creating a Breeding Ground for Corruption, Fraud, and Scams’ on Americans

Reid: “The ‘we’ is doing a lot of work there. In the meantime, we are getting a firsthand look at what justice looks like in the second Trump term. Yesterday, the Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors to drop the bribery and fraud charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a move one federal law enforcement official called horrific and just transparent corruption. In a striking two-page memo, Acting Deputy Attorney General Emile Bove said the Justice Department reached the decision not based on the strength of the evidence, but rather they think the indictment had been brought too close to Adams reelection campaign and has restricted the mayor’s ability to

‘devote full attention and resources to illegal immigration and violent crime.’ Bove also suggested, without evidence, that the charges were politically motivated, writing, ‘It cannot be ignored that Mayor Adams criticized the prior administration’s immigration policies before the charges were filed.’ But it’s not just Adams. Trump also signed a full pardon for Rod Blagojevich, the former Illinois governor and ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ contestant who in 2011 was convicted of corruption for attempting to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama when he became president. Today, we learned that Blagojevich is reportedly — and I promise you, I promise you, I’m not making

this up — under consideration to be the next U.S. ambassador to Serbia, according to a source with knowledge of the matter, because, of course. Add to that Trump signing an executive order directing the DoJ to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of bribing foreign governments and also ousting the head of the Office of Government Ethics. Because, you know who needs ethics when you’re creating a breeding ground for corruption, fraud and scams on the American people? Anybody want to buy a Trump meme coin or use X/Twitter to send money like Cash App or PayPal? Raise your hands. I guess we should expect nothing less from the first convicted felon president. The question is what, if anything, can we do about it?”