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Karen Bass deflects questions on Ghana trip as newly surfaced pics show LA mayor at cocktail party
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1:24Now PlayingLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday deflected questions about her controversial overseas trip to Ghana as newly unearthed photos show her at a cocktail party in the African country when the first fire in the region began to spread. NY Post video writer Brian Faas shares this story.
The embattled first-term city leader was at the US ambassador’s home in Accra for the celebratory gathering as part of a delegation sent by the White House for the inauguration of Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday.
She appeared in photos snapped at the party around 8 p.m. local time on Jan. 7, which was just before noon in LA when evacuation orders regarding the Palisades Fire were about to be given, the newspaper reported, citing one photo in which a person’s watch was visible.
The photo was posted online by a city staffer not part of the delegation, according to the publication.
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