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Andrew Cuomo: “Trump basically kept Adams out of jail.”

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Andrew Cuomo on "The Situation Room" with Wolf Blitzer, September 8, 2025

Published September 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:46

What's your response to Mayor Adams? Yeah, look, desperate people say desperate things. I believe he may take a job with President Trump. He's an ally of President Trump. Trump basically kept Adams out of jail. if you remember, Wolf. So might he give him a job in the administration so Adams has an honorable exit? That could happen. I believe the Republicans, though, overall want Mondami to win. (03:46–03:50)

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