Eric Adams, the mayor at the heart of Donald Trump's attempt to reshape the justice department

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : She said Bove's memo also left open the possibility of reviving the charges against Adams and "implicitly threaten[s] future prosecution" if the White House is dissatisfied with his enforcement of immigration laws.
43% : "He's put New York City up for sale and Trump is the highest bidder," said Michael Weinstein, a former Department of Justice trial attorney who is now head of white-collar defence at law firm Cole Schotz.
39% : Adams stoked those rumours by flying to Florida in January to meet Trump near his Mar-a-Lago compound, an unusual move for a Democratic politician.
37% : Last year, though, he acquired an unlikely ally in Trump, who on the campaign trail said Adams was being punished for his tough line on the migrant crisis.
31% : "I know what it's like to be persecuted by the DoJ [Department of Justice] for speaking out against open borders," Trump said at a charity dinner last October, fuelling speculation that should he win, he might pardon Adams if he were convicted.
21% : Some fear that in agreeing to help Trump's immigration crackdown, he will end up compromising local laws, and New York's status as a "sanctuary city", which prohibits local officials from helping federal immigration agents enforce immigration law.
20% : The Bove memo sparked outrage among legal observers, who said Trump was using the DoJ to advance his political agenda.

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