That depends how you define “met”.
Exactly.
It was a chance encounter, not a meeting.
The Gov met with him, he didn't meet with the Gov.
They didn't meet with each other - a group that happened to include both of them met.
I wouldn't take the comments of a Chicago politician at face value even if the politician was speaking from the Office of the President-Elect, let alone from the Headquarters of Shakedown Inc.