New York City mayor Eric Adams, who is running for the Rerect, reportedly hired a campaign consultant who was accused of strangled a woman in 2024.
Campaign consultant Trentpool was charged with strangled and assaulting a woman in a Manhattan hotel on April 27, 2024. According to Outlet. Poole reportedly faced charges when the mayor first began paying for his company.
A New York Police Department spokesman told Daily Coller that the man identified as Poole would become involved in a “verbal dispute” with the female complainant in April 2024. The woman claimed that she would “wrap around her neck, breathe, smack her face with her closed fist, causing pain.”
Authorities arrested and charged the pool for attack and breathing criminal filibusters, a spokesman said. He pleaded not guilty to the allegations, Gossamist reported.
Adams Campaign spokesman Jeff Cohen told Gossamist on Wednesday that the campaign has since ended all business with the pool company.
“Mayor Adams has a zero tolerance policy regarding allegations of assault. The campaign quickly completed all of his work with Trentpool when he learned of the charges against him,” Cohen said.
Poole’s lawyer, Thomas Kenniff, issued a statement to the outlet. “Mr. Poole has vehemently denied these charges and I am sure he will exonerate fraud,” he wrote in an email.
Mayor Adams hired a campaign consultant accused of a girlfriend strangled at a Soho hotel https://t.co/zicb5teomw
– Gothamist (@gothamist) June 26, 2025
Adams has paid $175,000 since April to Pool’s company, the pool’s company, since. According to city campaign finance information reviewed by the outlet. (Related: New York Mayor Eric Adams seeks early trial to clear the deck for reelection)
Outlets often employ pool companies when third-party or independent candidates run for offices.
Poole previously worked as a campaign consultant for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Independence President’s Campaign. According to Media people. Poole helped win Kennedy in votes in all 50 states. The Kennedy Campaign addressed the issue in a statement.
“Trent is a contractor. He says the alleged incident never happened,” the campaign told Mediate.
