New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams, who has been indicted in a federal corruption investigation, is ready to fulfill with President-elect Donald Trump at Palm Seashore, Florida, on Friday.
Adams’ workplace introduced the mayor’s plan in a assertion Thursday, touting it as a gathering that may profit New Yorkers. “Mayor Adams has made fairly clear his willingness to work with President-elect Trump and his incoming administration on behalf of New Yorkers — and that partnership with the federal authorities is essential to New York Metropolis’s success,” his spokesperson Fabian Levy stated, including that Adams was “wanting ahead to having a productive dialog.”
A number of retailers have reported that the assembly is slated to happen at Mar-a-Lago, the place Trump has been receiving overseas leaders and company CEOs looking for face time with him earlier than his inauguration. Politico, citing the mayor’s spokesperson, reported that Adams’ journey to Florida can be on the taxpayers’ dime.
As my colleague Ja’han Jones has identified, Adams and Trump have far more in frequent aside from being New York Metropolis natives. Adams has additionally expressed a willingness to work with the Trump administration on immigration, and in December met with Trump’s incoming border czar Tom Homan.
Traditionally, it hasn’t been unusual for lawmakers of various political affiliations to work collectively. But the circumstances underneath which the 2 males are assembly are notable.
Adams, who’s up for re-election this 12 months, is ready to go to trial on fees of bribery and marketing campaign finance offenses in April, two months earlier than the Democratic main. He has pleaded not responsible and claimed that he’s being focused by federal prosecutors as a result of he criticized the Biden administration’s immigration insurance policies — a protection that echoes Trump’s assaults on the Justice Division.
Although the mayor has denied that he’s looking for a pardon from the incoming president, looming over the Friday assembly are Trump’s remarks final month indicating he would take into account the chance.
“Yeah, I might — I feel that he was handled fairly unfairly,” Trump stated about Adams at a December information convention, although he added that he didn’t know the “gravity” of the allegations. “I imply, I’d need to see it, as a result of I don’t know the details.”
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