Mayor Adams says New York prison is “ready” to receive Trump

The mayor of New Yorkthe democrat Eric Adamsstated this Tuesday that the arrest of Rikers Island It is “prepared” to receive donald trump if the former US president is sentenced to prison for violating the ‘gag order’ he faces in his criminal trial in Manhattan.

Adams also referred to his “amazing commissioner” from the New York Department of Corrections, Lynelle Maginley-Liddieand his team, who he said will be “prepare” if the time comes.

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“They will be prepared to deal with the situation as it is already happening with HarveyWeinstein (moved to Rikers in the last few hours). When it comes to law enforcement, we have to adapt to whatever comes our way. We don’t want to talk about hypotheses, but we have professionals there and they are prepared to welcome everyone“Adams said at a press conference after being asked about the alleged case of the former president being sent to prison.

In the context of the criminal trial against Trump in New Yorkin which he is accused of falsifying accounting records to buy the porn actress’ silence Stormy Daniels -with which I would have had a ‘subject‘ – and thus protect his 2016 campaign, the judge Juan Merchan fined the politician on two occasions for violating the ‘gag order‘ and warned him about the possibility of arresting him.

The judge responsible sanctioned him again this Monday with 1,000 dollars for contempt, as the former president continued to publicly accuse those involved in the case opened in New York, despite being prohibited from doing so.

“The last thing I want is to put you in prison. You are the former president of U.S and possibly also the next president, but I have a job to do and part of that job is to protect the dignity of the judicial system“Merchan soared yesterday.

In fact, the judge already fined Trump $9,000 last week, considering several public statements on his social network, Truth Social, and on his campaign website, in which he attacked some of the witnesses, punishable.

If he enters prison, he would become the first former president behind bars, as he is already the first criminally accused, facing 88 criminal charges for various legal proceedings opened in courts in different cities and for different crimes.

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“This judge imposed a gag order on me and said I will go to jail if I violate it, but our Constitution is much more important than prison. I will make this sacrifice,” Trump said after leaving the courtroom on Monday.

On the other hand, Adams’ comment about Weinstein is due to the fact that the former film producer is currently in Rikers Island prison, after having previously been in a prison in upstate New York, and after having spent some time in a prison hospital unit in this country. Same town.

Weinstein remains awaiting a new trial in New York after an appeals court overturned his historic 2020 conviction for sex crimes that sparked the #MeToo movement.

Source: Elcomercio

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