{"id":2096792,"date":"2023-11-10T19:18:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T00:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-seizes-democratic-mayors-ipad-and-mobile-phones-discovers-folder-on-another-seized-device-with-an-interesting-name\/"},"modified":"2023-11-10T19:21:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T00:21:01","slug":"fbi-seizes-democratic-mayors-ipad-and-mobile-phones-discovers-folder-on-another-seized-device-with-an-interesting-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-seizes-democratic-mayors-ipad-and-mobile-phones-discovers-folder-on-another-seized-device-with-an-interesting-name\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Seizes Democratic Mayor&#8217;s iPad and Mobile Phones, Discovers Folder on Another Seized Device with an Interesting Name"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-seizes-democratic-mayors-ipad-and-mobile-phones-discovers-folder-on-another-seized-device-with-an-interesting-name%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2096792&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The FBI Seizes \u200cMobile Phones of\u2062 New York Mayor Eric Adams in Corruption Investigation<\/h2>\n<p>The FBI has taken \u200dpossession of the mobile phones used by Democratic Mayor Eric Adams of New York as\u2064 part of a\u200c federal corruption probe \u2064into his campaign, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/10\/nyregion\/adams-fbi-investigation-phones.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation focuses on whether the Adams campaign accepted illegal donations from the government of Turkey, as reported by the Times.<\/p>\n<p>On November 2,\u2063 the FBI executed a search warrant at the home of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-nyc-mayor-adams-cancels-meetings-fbi-raids-top-fundraiser\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brianna Suggs<\/a>, a former intern \u200band fundraiser for \u2062Adams&#8217; 2021 mayoral campaign, to seize records and communication devices. The aim was to determine if the campaign had solicited or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-seizes-democratic-mayors-ipad-and-mobile-phones-discovers-folder-on-another-seized-device-with-an-interesting-name\/\" title=\"FBI Seizes Democratic Mayor's iPad and Mobile Phones, Discovers Folder on Another Seized Device with an Interesting Name\">knowingly accepted donations<\/a> from Turkey through various U.S. entities.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI subsequently seized Adams&#8217; personal electronic \u2064devices, including an Apple \u200diPad and two\u200c mobile phones, as \u200dpart of the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking \u2063News: The FBI seized Mayor Eric Adams\u2019s phones\u2062 amid an investigation of his 2021 campaign, people close\u200b to the matter said. Agents approached\u2063 Adams on the street\u200c before getting\u200d into his SUV with him and seizing\u200c the devices, one of the people said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kWgJa4xTup\">https:\/\/t.co\/kWgJa4xTup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The New York Times (@nytimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nytimes\/status\/1723077086129033533?\">November \u200b10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>FBI agents approached the mayor\u200b in a public setting and presented \u2063a\u2063 court-ordered warrant for his devices.\u2063 The devices were returned a few days later\u200c after the FBI made copies of their data, according to the \u2063report.<\/p>\n<p>During the November 2 raid, \u200dthe FBI also seized two personal computers, three \u2062Apple iPhones, \u200cand a \u200bfolder labeled &#8220;Eric Adams&#8221; from Suggs&#8217; home, as reported \u200bby the Times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Curtis Sliwa calls\u2064 for Eric Adams to resign. He\u2019s too distracted by the multiple investigations into his fundraising to lead New York City<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nyc?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nyc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ericadams?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ericadams<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FBI?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FBI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yikls1Yb7C\">pic.twitter.com\/yikls1Yb7C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Sliwa (@CurtisSliwa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisSliwa\/status\/1720541762475708450?\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It is currently unknown whether those devices have been returned. However, Suggs has received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury that has been convened to investigate the campaign.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Will this end Adams&#8217; career?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free \u200dof charge via email. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy \u2063Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes:\u200c 100% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) \u2064{<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3523639\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>The investigation revolves around campaign\u2063 donations that appear to have come from two sources within the United \u200dStates. One is a construction company called KSK Construction Group in Brooklyn, whose employees donated\u200d $14,000 to Adams&#8217; \u200d2021 campaign. The \u200cother is Bay Atlantic University, a Turkish-owned institution in Washington \u2062that has been associated with Adams since his time as the Brooklyn borough president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-mayor-appears-snub-biden-multiple-times-president-visits-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adams<\/a> traveled to Turkey for a matter related to the university.<\/p>\n<p>The federal investigation into the Adams campaign is just one of several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texans-deshaun-watson-avoids-indictment-after-grand-jury-reviews-multiple-sex-assault-claims\/\" title=\"Texans\u2019 Deshaun Watson Avoids Indictment After Grand Jury Reviews Multiple Sex Assault Claims\">criminal proceedings related<\/a> to his 2021 candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic District Attorney Alvin Bragg of Manhattan has indicted \u200cseven individuals who fundraised \u200bfor the\u200b campaign on multiple charges, including conspiracy, bribetaking, and conspiracy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-collins-bipartisan-work-possible-on-infrastructure-jan-6-commission\/\" title=\"Sen. Collins: Bipartisan Work Possible on Infrastructure, Jan. 6 Commission\">funnel illegal donations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another\u200b politician in\u2063 the\u200d New York metropolitan area, Democratic Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/typical-dem-senator-menendez-plays-latino-race-card-response-resignation-calls-bribery-indictment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Menendez<\/a> of \u200bNew Jersey, was indicted by the U.S. Attorney for \u200cthe\u2063 Southern District of New York on \u200bSeptember 22 for allegedly acting as a \u2063foreign agent of the government of Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Adams&#8217; office and the FBI have not yet responded to requests for\u2063 comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an\u200d independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bank-ceo-out-after-closing-prominent-conservatives-account-and-then-lying-about-it\/\" title=\"Bank CEO Fired for Closing Prominent Conservative's Account and Deceiving Public\">nonpartisan newswire \u200bservice<\/a>, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-warn-it-could-take-decades-to-refill-strategic-reserve-drained-by-biden\/\" title=\"Experts caution that it may take several decades to replenish the strategic reserve, which has been depleted under President Biden's administration.\">legitimate news \u200bpublisher<\/a> that \u200dcan provide a large audience. All republished articles must \u200binclude our logo, our \u200breporter\u2019s byline, and their DCNF affiliation. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For any questions about\u2064 our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fbi-seizes-democratic-mayors-ipad-mobile-phones-discovers-folder-another-seized-device-interesting-name\/\">FBI Seizes Democratic Mayor&#8217;s\u200c iPad and Mobile Phones, Discovers Folder on Another Seized\u2063 Device with an Interesting Name<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> To have\u200b cancelled multiple meetings \u2063since the raid, raising \u2064speculation about the impact of the investigation on his ability to govern.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adams, who was elected as mayor of New York City \u2064in November 2021,\u2063 has not been charged with any wrongdoing at<\/p>\n<h2> How \u2063has the ongoing investigation \u200dimpacted Mayor Adams&#8217; ability \u200dto effectively govern the city?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The ongoing investigation has likely impacted\u2063 Mayor Adams&#8217;\u200b ability to \u200deffectively govern \u2064the city in several ways. <\/p>\n<p>Firstly, the investigation itself can be a distraction for\u200c the\u200c mayor, as they would need to allocate time and resources to \u2062address and cooperate with the investigators. This can divert their \u200battention away from other important tasks and \u200bresponsibilities\u2062 related to\u200c governing \u200bthe city.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, the investigation can \u2062create public mistrust and \u2064reduce the mayor&#8217;s credibility and authority. If the investigation involves \u200callegations of misconduct \u2062or illegal activities, it \u200ccan tarnish the mayor&#8217;s\u200c reputation and erode \u2064public confidence in their leadership. This can make \u2064it harder for the mayor to rally support for their initiatives and policies, and may face increased\u2062 resistance from the public or other government officials.<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, \u2062the investigation \u2062may also\u2063 lead to a loss of focus and productivity within the mayor&#8217;s office. The staff\u2062 and advisors working closely \u200dwith\u200b the mayor could\u2063 become \u2063preoccupied with \u200dthe investigation, and their \u2063work may suffer as a result. This\u200b can hinder the mayor&#8217;s ability to efficiently implement their agenda and address the\u200d needs of the city.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the ongoing investigation can undermine Mayor Adams&#8217; ability\u2062 to\u2062 effectively govern \u200bthe\u2063 city by diverting their attention, damaging their reputation, and creating internal disruptions within their office.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI has seized mobile phones used by Democratic Mayor Eric Adams of New York as part of a federal corruption investigation of his campaign, according to a report by The New York Times on Friday. 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