Mayor Adams is headed to Washington, D.C. to attend the annual Nationwide Day of Prayer on Thursday, a spokeswoman mentioned. The bipartisan occasion might be headlined by President Trump.
“He’s going to represent the city at a very high-profile event,” Kayla Mamelak, Adams’ press secretary, mentioned late Wednesday shortly after the mayor departed on a flight for the capital.
Adams will attend the Thursday morning Nationwide Prayer Breakfast on Capitol Hill with Tiffany Raspberry, his deputy mayor of intergovernmental affairs, a staffer from Raspberry’s workplace and Liz Garcia, a spokeswoman for Adams. The town is masking their resorts and journey as a result of Mamelak mentioned there’s a “city purpose” to their journey.
The mayor departed New York on Wednesday night time to get to D.C. in time for the 7:30 a.m. breakfast, the place Trump will ship remarks.
Mamelak didn’t say whether or not the mayor could be assembly with Trump or Division of Justice officers whereas in D.C. Adams, who has pleaded not responsible to legal corruption expenses, is dealing with scrutiny for what critics see as a very cozy relationship with the Republican president, who mentioned final yr he would take into account pardoning the mayor.
“Tiffany is working to arrange meetings, if he does meet with anyone from the federal government it’ll be through Tiffany’s office,” Mamelak mentioned.
The Nationwide Prayer Breakfast is a bipartisan annual occasion usually attended by the president and hosted by members of Congress.
Initially Revealed: February 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM EST
