I’M KAY ANGRUM.
THIS IS YOUR NEWS 4 NOW UPDATE.
>>> MAYOR ADAMS JUST TOOK
QUESTIONS MOMENT AGO ABOUT THE ONGOING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
CONNECTED TO HIS FUND-RAISING IN 2021.
>>> HI, KAY, MAYOR ADAMS’ CHIEF
COUNSEL THAT THERE’S NO
INFORMATION TO SUGGEST THAT THE
MAYOR IS A TARGET OF THE
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION, THE
MAYOR KEEPING MANY ANSWERS
LIMITED TODAY IN CONNECTION WITH
THE ONGOING FEDERAL CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION INTO HIS CAMPAIGN
FUND-RAISING.
THE MAYOR INSISTING THAT HE’S
COOPERATING WITH THE FEDS. BUT TELLING REPORTERS SEVERAL
TIMES WE’RE NOT GOING TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY THE FBI
SEIZED HIS PHONES BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO IMPEDE THE
ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.
QUESTIONS CONTINUE TO SWIRL
ABOUT WHETHER THE MAYOR’S
CAMPAIGN IMPROPERLY TOOK FOREIGN
MONEY FROM TURKEY, DONATIONS
THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IMPROPERLY
BUNDLED.
THE MAYOR SAID HE DOESN’T BELIEVE HIS STAFF ENGAGED IN
CRIMINAL WRONG DOING.
MAYOR ADAMS DID YES, AS
MAYOR-ELECT HE DID REQUEST -- MAKE A REQUEST ON THE BEHALF OF
TURKISH GOVERNMENT REACHING OUT TO THEN-COMMISSIONER TO HELP
EXPEDITE THE OPENING OF A NEW
TURKEY CONSULATE.
THE MAYOR SAYING THAT WAS NORMAL
BUSINESS.
>> I DID REACH OUT TO
COMMISSIONER -- THIS IS WHAT
ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHAT WE DO, WHEN A KONSCONSTITUENTCYIES REAC
OUT TO US, YOU REACH OUT TO AN
AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO LOOK INTO A MATTER.
>> THE MAYOR SAYS, AS MAY ELECT HE DIDN’T SPEAK WITH ANY OTHER
FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL AND
THAT THERE WAS NO UNDUE PRESSURE
FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS THE MAYOR HAS BEEN IN SPOTLIGHT AFTER THE
FBI SEARCHED THE HOME OF A TOP
FUND-RAISER.
NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED.
AGAIN THE MAYOR SAYS HE’S DONE NOTHING WRONG, SPOKESPEOPLE FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT THE FBI
AND THE CITY’S DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION HAVE NOT COMMENTED