In the middle of the criminal trial of the former American president in New York, Eric Adams expressed confidence in the capacity of his city’s prison services to manage the potential incarceration of Donald Trump.
A clear answer. According to the Democratic mayor of New York Eric Adams, the prison services of the American megalopolis will be “ready” to welcome Donald Trump if the former American president were to be incarcerated by the judge during his historic criminal trial.
In fact, the magistrate threatened this Monday, May 6, to lock up the former resident of the White House for contempt of court.
Asked this Tuesday about the capacity of Rikers Island – which houses the city’s largest prison – to manage the first incarceration of an American president, the elected official announced to the press that he had confidence in his teams of “professionals who will be ready “, even if he does not want to do “speculation”.
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Since April 15, the Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential election has appeared before a jury for 34 falsifications of accounting documents, which could earn him the first criminal conviction of a former president of the United States and, in theory, a sentence of prison.
In this case, the city’s Department of Corrections would be in charge of incarceration, including its commissioner, Lynelle Maginley-Liddie.
“Our incredible commissioner is ready to face anything that could happen at Rikers Island,” assured Eric Adams.
He added: “I’m pretty sure she would be willing to handle and handle the situation. As you see what’s going on with Harvey Weinstein, you know, in this area, especially when it comes to the application of the law, we must adapt to everything that happens to us.”
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Three years after leaving the White House in chaos, Donald Trump enters the campaign being indicted in four cases, including that before the federal courts in Washington for accusations of illegal attempts to reverse the results of the last presidential election won by Joe Biden.
But through appeals and procedural questionsthe trial in New York, of a smaller scale, could be the only one judged before the 2024 election scheduled for November 5.
