'You call yourself a cop': CNN's Bash confronts Trump's 'border czar' over Adams dismissal

Trump border czar Tom Homan bristled when CNN's Dana Bash asked him Sunday whether he was involved in a quid pro quo with Eric Adams (D) that led to the Department of Justice dropping corruption charges against the New York mayor.

"I just want to ask directly," Bash began. "You met on Thursday with the New York mayor, and he announced then that he would give ICE agents access to the prison on Rikers island. You called that a 'game changer.' But a few days before Adams made that announcement, the Justice Department instructed prosecutors to drop federal corruption charges against him. It sounds like the DOJ dropped the case against Adams, and in exchange, he let you into Rikers. Is that what happened?"

"No, I think that's ridiculous," Homan said, adding that he met with Adams "a couple months ago" to discuss the Rikers Island collaboration then talked again last week about why the deal was taking so long.

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"I really don't think it had anything to do with whatever's going on in the Justice Department. We never talked about that, it's kind of out of my lane," Homan replied

Bash pushed back, "Just as somebody who is in law enforcement — you call yourself a cop — just looking at the series of events, sir, the fact that you didn't get what you wanted — you came away not sure why he wasn't doing what you wanted him to do, particularly with opening Rikers. The Department of Justice gets rid of the charges against him, and then — poof — he agrees."

"I just want him to help me with the public safety threats and leave immigration enforcement to us. so it was a great meeting. Just the actions following up on that meeting were slow to slow to happen. That's why I requested a second meeting to find out what more do we need to do to get some of this stuff in place. So, I just think, you know, people are making a lot about nothing," he complained.

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