“It is an outright extortion. … This is way, way, way outside the bounds of the Department of Justice,” Goldman said on MSNBC’s “Inside with Jen Psaki” on Sunday.
“It’s the, I think, the most significant event since the ‘Saturday Night Massacre’ in the Department of Justice,” referencing the 1973 firing of special prosecutor Archibald Cox during the Watergate scandal.
A few days later, Adams announced plans to allow ICE agents to work on Rikers Island, marking a significant departure from the city’s “sanctuary city” policies. Adams’ seeming effort to align himself with the Trump administration has already triggered calls from top New York Democrats for him to resign.
Despite being critical of the dismissal of Adams’ charges, Goldman said he doesn’t wish for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to remove Adams from his post at this time.
“I hope we don’t get there… I expect that there will be a resolution among, you know, the leaders of our political establishment in New York that hopefully would avoid something like that.”
Goldman said the Bove’s move signals a concerning future for the Justice Department.
“The politicization of the Department of Justice in a really bad and dangerous way, and it has to stop, and somebody needs to put a stop to it,” he said.