Mayor Adams says he and Trump didn’t discuss his corruption case during Mar-a-Lago meet

Mayor Adams said helium didn’t sermon his federal corruption case with soon-to-be president Donald Trump astatine their gathering successful Florida connected Friday— and helium chided a increasing chorus of chap Democrats backmost successful New York who are blasting him for the sit-down.

Late Thursday, Adams’ bureau first announced the politician would conscionable with Trump to speech astir “New Yorkers’ priorities” amid concerns astir the interaction the incoming president volition person connected the metropolis arsenic it relates to cardinal issues similar migration and national funding.

Many elected Democrats successful the city, progressives and centrists alike, questioned what the gathering would really beryllium astir arsenic Adams — who’s facing national corruption charges — hasn’t ruled retired accepting ineligible assistance from Trump. In turn, Trump has openly entertained the thought of pardoning Adams for his alleged crimes.

After a astir hour-long luncheon gathering with Trump astatine his namesake play club successful Palm Beach, Adams issued a connection Friday evening successful which helium said they “briefly touched connected a fig of issues” but that his corruption lawsuit wasn’t 1 of them.

“To beryllium clear, we did not sermon my ineligible case, and those who suggest the politician of the largest metropolis successful the federation shouldn’t conscionable with the incoming president to sermon our city’s priorities due to the fact that of inaccurate speculation oregon due to the fact that we’re from antithetic parties intelligibly attraction much astir authorities than people,” Adams’ connection read.

Adams said they did sermon the ceasefire agreement betwixt Israel and Hamas, “and however it volition person a affirmative interaction connected nationalist information successful our country.” On an contented overmuch person to home, Adams said helium and Trump besides talked astir bringing “manufacturing jobs backmost to New York, peculiarly successful the Bronx,” and openings for “federal investments successful New York City, particularly erstwhile it comes to infrastructure.”

“I volition instrumentality each accidental imaginable to advocator for New Yorkers and our city, and aft our discussion, I powerfully judge determination is overmuch our metropolis and the national authorities tin spouse connected to marque New York City safer, stronger, and much affordable,” Adams’ connection added. “I convey President Trump for his clip and attraction and look guardant to moving with him to payment each New Yorkers.”

Adams, a blimpish Democrat who utilized to beryllium a Republican, didn’t accidental whether helium and Trump talked astir migration — an contented that has been particularly pressing for New York, which is location to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants. Trump, who’s acceptable to beryllium inaugurated Monday, has vowed to motorboat mass deportation proceedings of undocumented immigrants crossed the U.S. and has adjacent threatened to withhold national backing from cities similar New York if they bash not cooperate successful his crackdown.

According to a root acquainted with the meeting, Frank Carone, Adams’ ex-chief of unit and longtime governmental confidant, joined the politician for the sit-down with Trump. The speech was besides attended by Eric Trump, the incoming president’s son, and Steve Witkoff, a billionaire existent property mogul appointed by Trump arsenic his incoming administration’s peculiar envoy to the Middle East, the root told the Daily News.

Adams, who has pleaded not guilty, is expected to basal proceedings successful Manhattan Federal Court successful April — conscionable weeks earlier June’s Democratic mayoral superior — connected transgression charges alleging helium took amerciable run currency and bribes from Turkish authorities operatives successful speech for governmental favors.

Trump, the archetypal convicted felon to go commander-in-chief, has sympathized with Adams implicit his indictment, claiming, without evidence, that they are some victims of politically motivated prosecutions launched by President Biden’s Justice Department. Last month, Trump stated outright that helium would see pardoning Adams erstwhile he’s backmost successful the Oval Office, and the politician hasn’t ruled retired accepting it.

All of Adams’ Democratic superior challengers person torn into him for his Trump meeting, questioning what bully could travel from it for New York.

“The Trump docket is not going to determination the metropolis forward,” Brooklyn authorities Sen. Zellnor Myrie, 1 of Adams’ challengers, said successful an quality connected WNYC vigor Friday. “Trump has already told america immoderate of the things that helium wants to do, whether it’s cuts to our education, cuts to our wellness attraction oregon going aft susceptible New Yorkers. This politician could not conscionable with the existent president, President Biden, connected the city’s priorities … But helium has someway made this a priority.”