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Eric
Adams
New
York
City
Mayor
Eric
Adams
could
be
in
some
serious
trouble.
The
socialite
who
sometimes
masquerades
as
New
York
City’s
Mayor
had
his
phones
seized
by
the
FBI
as
part
of
an
ongoing
federal
investigation
into
fundraising.
Spotted
on
CNN,
the
feds
popped
up
Mayor
Eric
Adams
and
seized
phones
and
an
iPad
after
securing
a
court-authorized
warrant,
a
person
close
to
the
matter
said.
Per
CNN:
The
seizure
is
a
dramatic
escalation
of
the
federal
probe
into
whether
foreign
money
was
funneled
to
his
campaign,
bringing
it
directly
to
the
mayor,
a
Democrat.
The
investigation
is
being
handled
by
the
FBI
and
the
US
attorney’s
office
for
the
Southern
District
of
New
York.
Adams
has
not
been
accused
of
any
wrongdoing
so
far,
but
he
is
the
latest
politician
to
come
under
scrutiny
for
ties
to
foreign
governments
–
in
his
case
Turkey.
The
seizure
came
days
after
the
FBI
raided
the
home
of
Adams’
chief
fundraiser
as
part
of
the
investigation
to
determine
whether
the
mayor’s
2021
campaign
conspired
with
a
Brooklyn-based
construction
company
to
funnel
foreign
money
into
campaign
coffers.
Prosecutors
Had
To
Convince
A
Judge
There
Was
Probable
Cause
To
Seize
Adams’
Phones
According
to
the
New
York
Times,
to
seize
Mayor
Adams’
devices,
prosecutors
had
to
convince
a
judge
they
had
probable
cause
that
there
was
evidence
of
a
crime
on
the
electronic
devices.
Adams
said
he
had
nothing
to
hide
in
a
statement
sent
to
CNN
on
Friday,
November
10.
“As
a
former
member
of
law
enforcement,
I
expect
all
members
of
my
staff
to
follow
the
law
and
fully
cooperate
with
any
sort
of
investigation
—
and
I
will
continue
to
do
exactly
that,”
the
mayor
said.
“I
have
nothing
to
hide.”
Two
sources
close
to
the
matter
told
CNN
that
FBI
agents
“walked
right
up
to
him”
on
the
street
and
seized
his
devices
following
him
giving
a
speech
at
New
York
University’s
Kimmel
Center
Monday.
]
Welp.
It’s
going
to
be
interesting
to
see
how
this
plays
out.
—
Photo:
Spencer
Platt
/
Getty
