The New York mayor, who has expressed interest in a pardon to resolve federal corruption charges, met with President-elect Donald J. Trump and his son Eric on Friday.
The New York mayor, who has expressed interest in a pardon to resolve federal corruption charges, met with President-elect Donald J. Trump and his son Eric on Friday.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City met with President-elect Donald J. Trump near his Mar-a-Lago compound Friday afternoon in an unusual display of political, and perhaps personal, outreach.
The men had lunch in the main dining room at the Trump International Golf Course, in a group that included Mr. Trump’s son Eric; Steve Witkoff, the billionaire New York real estate executive whom Mr. Trump has named as his special envoy to the Middle East; and Frank Carone, a close adviser to the mayor.
The meeting lasted an hour, according to a person who witnessed the gathering, and the men dined from a buffet-style setup near where Sylvester Stallone, whom Mr. Trump just named as one of his three “special ambassadors” to Hollywood, was having lunch.
The surprise trip to Florida by Mr. Adams, a Democrat who is confronting an uphill battle for re-election this year, comes as the mayor faces an April trial on federal corruption charges.
Mr. Trump, a Republican, said last month that he would consider granting Mr. Adams a pardon, arguing that both men had been “persecuted” by politically motivated prosecutors.
Mr. Adams said in a statement Friday evening that he and Mr. Trump had a “productive conversation” that covered the cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, bringing manufacturing jobs to the Bronx and federal infrastructure investments.
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