Mayor Eric Adams is facing backlash after an hour-long interview with Tucker Carlson, where he criticized the Democratic Party for abandoning New Yorkers and claimed the Biden administration urged him to stay silent about the city’s migrant crisis.

The mayor watched the inauguration ceremony from the screens of the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, which served as the designated overflow room.

In an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams doubled down on his claims that federal prosecutors targeted him because of his criticism of President Joe Biden’s handling of what he considered a crisis at the U.S. southern border.

Trump has the power to pardon the New York City mayor, whom federal prosecutors indicted in September on bribery charges.

Chief of Department John Chell and Deputy Commissioner for Operations Kaz Daughtry, whom Adams counts as close allies, were spotted in Washington. Chell attended Trump’s New York City rally at Madison Square Garden, where he gave an on-screen interview to conservative television network Newsmax in his police uniform.

New York City will “coordinate” with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on deporting migrant criminals, Mayor Eric Adams said this week as major cities brace for President

Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, a Democrat, declined to say anything negative about Donald J. Trump’s early executive orders, saying he would bring any concerns directly to the president.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who had planned to attend Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrations in Brooklyn and Manhattan, made a last-minute change to his schedule to travel to Washington for Donald Trump’s inauguration.

This interview is Adams’s latest stop on his quest for a presidential pardon. The embattled mayor is doing everything he can to align himself with the MAGA right. He requested a meeting with Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, in December, met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago on Friday, and was at Trump’s inauguration yucking it up with Jake and Logan Paul.

Donald Trump began his presidency with a dizzying display of force, signing a blizzard of executive orders that signaled his desire to remake American institutions while also pardoning nearly all of his supporters who rioted at the U.

Tucker Carlson is the latest media personality Adams has spoken to about the impact illegal immigration has had on New York.