FBI agents raided the home of Brianna Suggs — a key fundraiser for New York City Mayor Eric Adams — in Brooklyn on Thursday morning, according to a bureau spokesperson.
Adams’ 2021 mayoral campaign is under scrutiny from the Manhattan district attorney’s office due to allegations that six donors tried to buy political influence with concealed donations that tapped into the city’s generous matching funds program. It’s unclear if the FBI’s investigation is related to that or to the mayor, and the FBI spokesperson declined to go into greater detail.
“Mayor Adams has not been contacted as part of this inquiry,” said Adams’ campaign counsel Vito Pitta in a statement. “He has always held the campaign to the highest standards.”
A call to Suggs’ office was immediately disconnected. A second call went straight to voicemail. Suggs did not immediately respond to an email or to messages sent on LinkedIn and Instagram.
Suggs’ neighbors in Crown Heights said they saw FBI agents enter her residence at around 9 a.m.
“I woke up to the FBI,” said neighbor Christopher Burwell. “I saw the FBI on the block and it was really scary.”
A reporter viewed cellphone footage of several FBI agents in bureau vests entering the home and carrying boxes out.
Adams was scheduled to meet with top White House and congressional officials, along with two other U.S. mayors, in Washington on Thursday morning to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis, according to his public schedule. At 6:22 a.m., Adams’ Deputy Press Secretary Kayla Mamalek posted a video of the mayor in an airplane. Several hours later, she wrote, “The mayor is returning to New York City to address a matter. These meetings will be rescheduled as soon as possible.”
Speaking at an unrelated event in the city on Thursday night, Adams said he canceled the series of meetings.
“I have not been contacted by anyone from any law enforcement agency and that’s why I came back from D.C. to be here to be on the ground and look at…
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