Judge Donald R. Spaccio said that he went to Trump's rally because he felt there were a lot of things wrong with the country.
In February, a Manhattan trial judge found that Trump and other defendants — including his adult sons, Don Jr. and Eric, along with several business associates — fraudulently inflated his net worth and the value of his real estate properties to obtain favorable rates from banks and insurers.
The under pressure mayor is one of New York's 28 Democratic presidential electors who will award votes to November's winner.
The candidate had asked the justices to intervene after a state judge found that he had used an improper home address in election paperwork.
Despite suspending his campaign, the independent presidential candidate was fighting to have his name restored to the state's ballot.
Mayor Eric Adams is currently running for re-election in a competitive primary next June. Already, four prominent Democrats are facing off against him.
The Supreme Court on Friday denied a request from the campaign committee for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to reinstate him to New York’s ballot for the 2024 presidential election. Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed former President Donald Trump.
But Lindsey Graham argues, “the better course to take is to prosecute the case that her policies are destroying the country."