FBI har slagit till mot New Yorks borgmästare
FBI har slagit till mot New Yorks borgmästare Eric Adams i en utredning som rör hans kampanj i lokalvalet 2021, rapporterar New York Times.
Räden skedde tidigare i veckan men bekräftas av Adams advokat på fredagskvällen. De federala poliserna uppges ha beslagtagit Adams mobiltelefoner och surfplatta.
”Borgmästaren har inte delgivits misstanke om att ha gjort något fel”, skriver Adams advokat Boyd Johnson i ett uttalande.
NYT har tidigare rapporterat om att FBI utfört en räd hemma hos Brianna Suggs som är ledande insamlare av pengastöd till borgmästaren. Misstankarna mot henne ska röra kontakter med Turkiets regering om att få ekonomiska donationer från utländska aktörer, enligt tidningen.
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Eric Adams
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Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer, serving since 2022 as the 110th mayor of New York City. Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th Senate district in Brooklyn. In November 2013, Adams was elected Brooklyn Borough President, the first African-American to hold the position, and reelected in November 2017.
On November 17, 2020, Adams announced his candidacy for mayor of New York City. On July 6, 2021, the Associated Press (AP) declared Adams the winner of the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary. Adams defeated Republican Curtis Sliwa in the general election in a landslide victory. Adams was sworn in as mayor shortly after midnight on January 1, 2022. As mayor, he has taken what is seen as a tough-on-crime approach and reintroduced a plain-clothed unit of police officers that had been disbanded by the previous administration. He has also implemented a zero-tolerance policy on unhoused people sleeping in subway cars alongside increased police presence.In November 2023, Adams had his phones and iPad seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of a corruption probe into a campaign's fundraising.
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