New York City Mayor Eric Adams is predicted to fulfill with Donald Trump on Friday in Palm Beach, Florida, amid hypothesis that the president-elect might pardon him on federal corruption prices.
Adams spokesperson Fabien Levy wrote in a post on X Thursday that the mayor has made clear his “willingness” to work with Trump and his incoming administration “and that partnership with the federal authorities is vital to New York City’s success.”
“Tomorrow, Mayor Adams will sit down with President-elect Trump and focus on New Yorkers’ priorities,” Levy mentioned. “The mayor seems to be ahead to having a productive dialog with the incoming president on how we are able to transfer our metropolis and nation ahead.”
Adams’ public schedule indicated he can be in Palm Beach on Friday and whereas Levy did not say whether or not the assembly would happen at Mar-a-Lago, the property is positioned in Palm Beach and the place Trump has been taking conferences in current weeks.
The Trump transition staff did not instantly reply to a request for remark.
The New York City mayor has signaled that he desires to work with the Trump administration, particularly on immigration and border safety, after his metropolis struggled to deal with an inflow of migrants lately. Adams met with incoming border czar Tom Homan in December.
“His aim is similar aim I’ve,” Adams mentioned at a press convention following the assembly. “We can’t permit harmful people to commit repeated violent acts of violence in our cities throughout America.”
A number of days after that assembly, Trump urged that he can be keen to pardon Adams, who was charged by the federal government in September with bribery and wire fraud as a part of a scheme that spanned almost 10 years.
“Yeah, I might, I feel that he was handled fairly unfairly,” Trump mentioned, including that he did not know the “gravity” of the case however that the allegations did not appear honest. “I imply, I’d need to see it, as a result of I don’t know the information.”
Adams told NY1 final week that he would like to attend Trump’s inauguration, which takes place Monday.
