Eric Adams' prosecution for bribery may have been short-circuited by the Trump administration, but at least the process Adams went through after being indicted last September was indeed thorough. Even before Trump took office, there was an indictment, pre-trial hearings, a motion to dismiss, several pieces of evidence disclosed to defense counsel, and an opportunity for Adams himself to proclaim his innocence in court. Even after Trump took office, there was a protracted battle between the prosecution and the court over what type of dismissal Adams would receive. Ultimately, Adams was able to hold up a book authored by right-wing conspiracy theorist and now-head of the FBI (???) Kash Patel, and claim he was the victim of an abuse of justice, targeted for who he was and what he represented.
Certainly, Adams himself would be an advocate for the deliberate gears of justice we know in this country as "due process," right? He wouldn't have some strange double standard where the law applies to himself but not others, correct?
Yeah, not so much.