VETERAN, NOT JUST THIS DAY.
THANK YOU. >>> DEVELOPING THIS MORNING, THE
FBI HAS SEIZED THE CELL PHONES
OF MAYOR ERIC ADAMS.
IT’S A NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENT IN
THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION TIED
TO THE MAYOR’S FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN.
WE HAVE THE DETAILS.
>> Reporter: IT WAS ON MONDAY
THE FBI APPROACHED THE MAYOR AND
ASKED FOR HIS ELECTRONIC
DEVICES.
TWO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER SAID THE MAYOR TURNED
OVER TWO CELL PHONES AND AN iPAD
AND LAYER LATER TURNED OVER
ADDITIONAL DEVICES.
THE MAYOR ISSUED A STATEMENT
SAYING HIS TEAM IS COOPERATING I HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.
IT COMES AFTER THE FBI SERVED
THE HOME OF TOP CAMPAIGN
FUND-RAISER BRIANNA SUGGS. INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO
POSSIBLE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS TIED TO A CONSTRUCTION FIRM KSK AND
ITS TIES TO TURKEY.
A SOURCE FAMILIAR WITH THE
MATTER SAID LATE LAST WEEK IT
WAS THE MAYOR AND HIS LAWYERS
WHO TURNED OVER INFORMATION
ABOUT ADDITIONAL WRONG DOING
SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE
CAMPAIGN FINANCE INVESTIGATION.
ONE OF THE MAYOR’S LAWYERS SAID
IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AN
INDIVIDUAL HAD RECENTLY ACTED
IMPROPERLY. IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY
AND COOPERATION, THIS BEHAVIOR WAS IMMEDIATELY AND PROACTIVELY
REPORTED TO INVESTIGATORS.
OFFICIALS NOT SAYING WHAT THE
ADDITIONAL WRONG DOING MIGHT BE,
BUT THEY SAY IT IS SEPARATE FROM
THE QUESTIONS OF WHETHER FOREIGN MONEY FROM TURKEY WAS IMPROPERLY
DONATED TO THE MAYOR’S ELECTION
CAMPAIGN.
OFFICIALS FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER SAYING THE FBI WAS
PERHAPS GOING TO SEEK THE
MAYOR’S PHONE SUNDAY DURING HIS
APPEARANCE AT THE MARATHON BUT
THE SEARCH EXECUTED ON MONDAY AS
HE WAS WITH HIS SECURITY DETAIL
NEAR NYU AS HE WAS ABOUT TO
ENTER HIS SUV. EARLIER THIS WEEK THE MAYOR WAS
ASKED ABOUT THE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION.
>> I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF SOMEONE
STATES THAT OUR CAMPAIGN
COORDINATED IN ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR.
>> Reporter: NO CRIMINAL CHARGES
HAVE BEEN FILED BY THE FEDS AS
THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.
SPOKESMEN FOR THE FBI AND
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DECLINED TO
COMMENT. WE ARE TOLD THE FBI HAS BEEN
SPOOKING TO NUMEROUS OVERS
SEEKING INFORMATION BUT
QUESTIONS CONTINUE ABOUT HOW
MANY OTHERS ARE FACING LEGAL
SCRUTINY.
SO FAR, CITY HALL, THE FBI AND THE U.S. ATTORNEY ALL NOT
COMMENTING ON HOW BROAD THIS
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS AT