Overview

• On July 16, the former head of the Federal Electricity Commission spent nearly two hours at Palacio Nacional to meet a former legal adviser now serving in the Presidency’s Legal Counsel.
• Sheinbaum emphasized that Bartlett’s purpose was to see that adviser and noted that the palace hosts offices of the Finance Ministry and the Presidency’s Legal Counsel, so many visitors do not meet with her.
• The president said there was “absolutely nothing wrong” with Bartlett’s visit, explaining that he arrived, conducted a specific meeting and left by the palace parking lot.
• Sheinbaum likened Bartlett’s stop to the Mexico City attorney general’s recent session with Legal Counsel Ernestina Godoy to underscore the routine nature of such visits.
• The administration issued the clarification to dispel speculation on social media and among commentators that Bartlett had met with the president herself.