F.B.I. agents seized Mayor Eric Adams’s electronic devices early this week in what appeared to be a dramatic escalation of a criminal inquiry into whether his 2021 campaign conspired with the Turkish government and others to funnel money into its coffers.
The agents approached the mayor after an event in Manhattan on Monday evening and asked his security detail to step away, a person with knowledge of the matter said. They climbed into his S.U.V. with him and, pursuant to a court-authorized warrant, took his devices, the person said.
The devices — at least two cellphones and an iPad — were returned to the mayor within a matter of days, according to that person and another person familiar with the situation. Law enforcement investigators with a search warrant can make copies of the data on devices after they seize them.
A lawyer for Mr. Adams and his campaign said in a statement that the mayor was cooperating with federal authorities, and had already “proactively reported” at least one instance of improper behavior.
“After learning of the federal investigation, it was discovered that an individual had recently acted improperly,” said the lawyer, Boyd Johnson. “In the spirit of transparency and cooperation, this behavior was immediately and proactively reported to investigators.”
Mr. Johnson said that Mr. Adams has not been accused of wrongdoing and had “immediately complied with the F.B.I.’s request and provided them with electronic devices.” Mr. Adams had attended an anniversary celebration for an education initiative at New York University.
The statement did not identify the individual, detail the conduct reported to authorities or make clear whether the reported misconduct was related to the seizure of the mayor’s devices. It was also not immediately clear whether the agents referred to the fund-raising investigation when they took the mayor’s devices.
Mr. Adams, in his own statement, said that “as a former member of law enforcement, I expect all members of my staff to follow the law and fully cooperate with any sort of investigation — and I will continue to do exactly that.” He added that he had “nothing to hide.”
The surprise seizure of Mr. Adams’s devices was an extraordinary development and appeared to be the first direct instance of the campaign contribution investigation touching the mayor. Mr. Adams, a retired police captain, said on Wednesday that he is so strident in urging his staff to “follow the law” that he can be almost “annoying.” He laughed at the notion that he had any potential criminal exposure.
Spokesmen for the F.B.I. and the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, whose prosecutors are also investigating the matter, declined to comment.
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So if he has to step down, who will take over?
Black people can do whatever they want cos of slavery
Waiting for the troll with #TDS to comment !
""Black people can do whatever they want cos of slavery""
Yep thats truly what most of them believe now, especially since George Floyd, no bail, no jail, black DA Alvin Brag and all the police being placed in thumbscrews
This piece of shit mayor especially always plays the race card.
He will no doubt take deBlasio's way out claiming he's not a lawyer, got bad advice from his staff, the lawyers who will testify and fall on the sward for him.
Stupid voters continue to make the same mistake voting democrat and get what they ask for. Adams replacement will be another black racist socialist jackass.
They got him this time!! (hahaha)
Will his campaign be hit With FEC complaint ?
Waiting for the troll with #Woke Derangement Syndrome to comment...
Was DA Alvin Braggs able to secure a plea deal ?
Let me know when he has been arrested and removed from office.
He was surrounded by dirty and ethically challenged people. No surprise here.
Dems have no shame.
Punk leader with nothing to show for his time in office.
Is there an unindicted co-conspirator involved again?
Adams is very shady. New York is so so corrupt.
Uh oh. When the DOJ and FBI start leaking, things only go downhill from there. Looks like he might get the full Trump treatment, although they didn’t do a 5:30am raid on his house with 35 armed agents with AK-47s and full body armor.
Swagger Man like Crooked Hillary has many electronic devices, servers and email accounts. Did he destroyed them with Bleach BIT then hammered them to dust and delete all incriminating emails?
I wonder if Adams is being set up by his political adversaries in NYC and DC for complaining about illegals in NYC. I’m not an Adams partisan, but the timing of this investigation seems awfully coincidental with his opposition to accepting more illegals in NYC.
Sure is funny that the Feds can move fast with Adams and Trump, and can't seem to move that fast with Hunter.
Was DA Alvin Braggs able to secure a plea deal ?
It seems Alvin brag and attorney general James doesn't prosecute or investigate black people unless it's for murder. Its the same for most NYC DA's.
That's why the feds had to do it.
As bad as Adams may be whoever comes in after him will be worse.
@“ Dems have no shame.”
Yeah, they used to have more morals, but now they’re getting like Republicans.
Real New Yorker said...
He shouldn’t have criticized the Inner Party’s handling of, well, anything.
And of course they the brainwashed sheeple will continue to vote democrat.
They Love all the free handouts we the hard working middle class pay for with high taxes....
NYC Mayor Eric Adams is innocent until proven guilty.
Presumption of innocence the Legal principle that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Adams Said: " that “as a former member of law enforcement,"
I call bullshit, he was never a real cop, took and passed tests, however he never passed a civil service exam...
@"I call bullshit, he was never a real cop"
Are you some kind of communist city employee?
@"They Love all the free handouts we the hard working middle class pay for with high taxes...."
Yelling and writing nonsense every day isn't "hard working".
@"Sure is funny that the Feds can move fast with Adams and Trump, and can't seem to move that fast with Hunter."
Still waiting for the evidence .... and waiting ....
@"Dems have no shame."
Either have you, Troll.
@"As bad as Adams may be whoever comes in after him will be worse."
As long as it isn't the cat man.
Obama had son and it looks like Bonangles…..
Hey Chirlaine McCray got away with stealing billions - all those green backs cured her various mental illness’s. Did she throw a few shekels to the Bojangles for Mayor campaign, or what about the five gang rapists who DeBlaz gave millions of taxpayers dollars to? How much did they pay to Bojangles for Mayor to keep their fake image going? If you are black in NYC you too can gang rape a lone woman and make millions- At least get her fired from her job & destroy her life like the deranged blacks did to Amy Cooper.
I’m shocked the Affirmative Action Mayor is in trouble shocked
When you talk smack about Mao Tse Biden, he sends his political hit squad, commonly known as the FBI, to take you down. If you can't see that this is 100% a political hit job, then I feel sorry for your complete lack of awareness. It's also a warning to others.
The NPC_doofus has spoken. QAnon Trolls better listen.
This would never happen if DJT were president.
The feds found burner phones also, even with those the records go back over 7 years because these small "burner" phones lease data the same TDMA and GSM cell towers.
The feds just need trace the IMEI, get dates and times, then recover records, then retrieve corresponding data, deleted data on the memory chips file allocation tables. In layman's terms-When you delete something on a phone, any memory including SSD devices it only deletes the index on the allocation block that says "this space is available again" The data actually remains spread out in the file allocation units (also known as blocks)
A full wipe requires removal of the chips from the phone, placing them in sockets to do several passes of a low level format on specialized equipment.
This mayor is stupid, everyone around him stupid so I think he WILL, in time get busted. Possible for other things too. We all know e runs with known criminals at night in the clubs.
Many of them stupid as stupid as he his.
If the phones weren't burned an ground up they have layors of DATA,even deleted data.
Joe
It couldn't have happened to a better Democrat.
It seems this dumbass also did something with China to "expedite" rubber stamp buildings, permits for donations. This one involves another shill-scam with political woman of Asian decent. The word "Brooklyn" is in the notes several times.
The news and API has an embargo on it because the Mayors Office of Media and Entertainment is getting mad and it controls all the permits and credentials. The press and big media company's operating all the TV channels in NYC are scared.
They wont move until the feds blow the whistle first.
It also seems the mayors lawfirm (lawyer) is handling & representing all the clients under the same umbrella like the mafia.
No news will report it, never make it past the assignment or editing desks. They all GAGGED!
-Joe
Anonymous said...
@"Sure is funny that the Feds can move fast with Adams and Trump, and can't seem to move that fast with Hunter."
Still waiting for the evidence .... and waiting ....
Probably could start with that laptop they’ve had since 2018
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