Mayor Adams is slated to fulfill with President Trump in Washington, D.C. to “discuss New York City priorities,” his workplace introduced Friday morning.
The mayor’s pleasant relationship with Trump has been the topic of huge scrutiny after the president’s Division of Justice stepped in to get his federal corruption case dismissed.
The mayor, who denies a quid professional quo with Trump, dropped out of June’s Democratic mayoral main shortly after the weird dismissal and is as an alternative looking for reelection as an impartial candidate in November’s common election.
White Home spokespeople didn’t instantly return requests for remark.
Tiffany Raspberry, deputy mayor for intergovernmental affairs, will even be on the assembly, based on Adams spokesperson Kayla Mamelak, a spokesperson for Adams.
Mamelak additionally famous that Gov. Hochul has additionally traveled to D.C. to fulfill with the president.
Trump’s Division of Justice secured the dismissal final month, after they mentioned with Adams and his authorized group how dropping the case would pave the best way for Adams to assist the Trump administration with its efforts to focus on undocumented New Yorkers for “mass deportations.”
The mayor has persistently stated he needs to “work, not war” with the president.
The three p.m. sit-down was scheduled to happen simply two hours earlier than a deadline by which Trump’s Division of Justice should launch search warrant supplies and different sealed data from Adams’ federal corruption case.
The choose presiding over the since-dismissed case initially ordered Trump’s DOJ to launch the supplies final week, however the division blew the deadline and received an extension till 5 p.m. Friday.
It’s unclear what the sealed supplies will present, however public consideration within the data have been excessive in gentle of the controversial dismissal of the mayor’s indictment.
