NYC Eric Mayor Adams, facing criticism over ties to Trump, touts book by FBI chief Kash Patel

Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News on Apr 2, 2025

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NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams, in his address to New Yorkers on his federal corruption charges being dropped, promoted a highly controversial book about the so-called deep state by Trump FBI Director Kash Patel.

“New Yorkers stop me all the time in trying to find the rationale behind this, and I found it in this book,” the mayor said, holding up a hardcover copy of the 288-page book. “I’m going to encourage every New Yorker to read it. Read it and understand how we can never allow this to happen to another innocent American.”

The book, “Government Gangsters: The Deep State, the Truth, and the Battle for Our Democracy,” outlines an alleged conspiracy of powerful players against the Trump administration.

It was a curious choice given the widespread criticism Adams has faced over the DOJ’s efforts to dismiss his case. He’s been accused of entering into a corrupt deal with Trump, making him beholden to the president. Though Adams has denied any quid pro quo, holding up Patel’s book further associates the mayor with Trump and his associates.

The premise of Patel’s book in some ways echoes Adams’ claims that the case against him was a politically motivated attempt to take him down. Since he was indicted on federal corruption charges in September, Adams has claimed the case was political retribution for speaking out against President Biden’s handling of the migrant crisis — although he has not blamed the “deep state” or other behind-the-scenes actors.

Adams also praised Patel’s widely-criticized deep state conspiracy on a podcast published shortly after the charges were dropped.

“I have never seen anyone do such a good job of defining that deep state,” the mayor told host Andrew Schulz on podcast “Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant with Akaash Singh.”

The book has been widely slammed as conspiratorial and aligned with QAnon. In the book, Patel refers to “government gangsters” to refer to those part of the corrupt “deep state” who tried to thwart Trump’s presidency.

It also includes a list of 60 people in the book’s appendix that he deemed part of the “Executive Branch Deep State.” Patel also made a companion documentary based on the book with the alt-right studio Salem Media and produced by Steve Bannon.

Patel’s list includes Kamala Harris, who Adams said he voted for, and Hillary Clinton, who spoke alongside Adams at a funeral recently.

Judge Ho roundly rejected the idea that the prosecution was politically motivated in his Wednesday ruling dismissing the charges.

“The Southern District of New York prosecutors who worked on this case followed all appropriate Justice Department guidelines. There is no evidence — zero — that they had any improper motives,” the judge wrote.

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