‘Partisan Punishment’: Gregg Jarrett, Alan Dershowitz Make Case For Why Trump Should Consider Pardoning Eric Adams

Legal analyst Gregg Jarrett and prominent attorney Alan Dershowitz made a case Tuesday evening on Fox News for why President-elect Donald Trump should consider pardoning Democratic New York Mayor Eric Adams if the evidence shows the mayor’s case was pure political retaliation.

In September, Adams was charged by federal prosecutors with five counts of bribery and fraud, accused of seeking and accepting improper valuable benefits from foreign businesspeople, including a Turkish government official, for nearly a decade. On “Hannity,” Fox host Sean Hannity questioned the two legal experts about Trump’s recent statement on Monday, noting he will “certainly look at” issuing a pardon for the official.

“I think he should hear evidence as to whether or not Eric Adams was investigated and prosecuted  in retaliation for his political positions. And if he concludes that that’s a realistic possibility, of course he should pardon him. Nobody should be allowed, no prosecutor should be allowed to use political considerations to decide who to prosecute,” Dershowitz said.

“Now, if there is enough evidence beyond that, that’s a different story,” Dershowitz added. “But even if there’s enough evidence, if the motivation behind going after him, because there’s often enough evidence against people, but if the motivation is retaliation for a political stance, that’s exactly what the framers put the pardon power in the president’s hand to avoid.”

Hannity went on to question Jarrett about the issue, to which the legal expert called out President Joe Biden’s pardon and noted how Adams’ indictment followed his criticism of the Biden administration regarding their handling of illegal immigration.