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Breaking News FBI raids home of Mayor Adams’ key campaign fundraiser as he cancels White House migrant crisis visit November 2, 2023 at 2:12 pm

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FBI raids home of Mayor Adams’ key campaign fundraiser as he cancels White
House migrant crisis visit

Mayor Eric Adams (Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News)

By Chris Sommerfeldt | csommerfeldt@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News and Thomas Tracy |

ttracy@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News

PUBLISHED: November 2, 2023 at 9:51 a.m. | UPDATED: November 2, 2023 at 2:12 p.m.

FBI agents raided the Brooklyn home of a key Mayor Adams campaign consultant, Brianna Suggs,
according to a source and published reports Suggs raised money for Adams during his 2021
.

campaign.

Video viewed by the Daily News showed people dressed in FBI jackets outside her home on Thursday,
though it was unclear if anyone has been arrested or who might be under investigation.

Suggs, whose professional ties with Adams date back to a Brooklyn Borough Hall internship she did in
2017, has worked as the coordinator of the mayor’s political fundraising activities since his successful
2021 mayoral campaign. Her LinkedIn profile says she was responsible for raising $18.4 million for
Adams’ 2021 campaign, and she has claimed credit in city records for raking in at least $900,000 so far
for his 2025 reelection effort.

She is currently involved in Adams’ 2025 campaign and has personally contributed over $1,000 to
Adams’ campaign, records show.

The Brooklyn home that was raided by the FBI and NYPD Wednesday night is pictured on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. The home is
believed to be the residence for Brianna Suggs, Mayor Eric Adams’ main fundraising operative. (Chris Sommerfeldt / New York
Daily News)

Vito Pitta, Adams’ 2021 campaign counsel said the the campaign “has always held itself to the highest
standards. The campaign will of course comply with any inquiries, as appropriate.”

The raid came the same day as Adams abruptly canceled a string of meetings he was supposed to hold
Thursday in Washington, D.C. with White House officials and congressional lawmakers to discuss
New York City’s worsening migrant crisis .

Ten minutes after Adams’ sit-down with senior Biden administration officials was supposed to have
started at the White House, City Hall announced he had canceled all his plans for the day.

It was unclear Adams’ return is related to the investigation.

The New York Times reported Suggs was questioned during the raid. Campaign spokespeople could
not be immediately reached.

“The mayor is returning to New York City to address a matter,” City Hall spokeswoman Kayla
Mamelak said. She declined to elaborate on the matter, but said his meetings “will be rescheduled as
soon as possible.”

The last-minute cancelation came after Adams posted a video of himself on Twitter onboard a plane
en route to the nation’s capital.

“We are headed to D.C. to meet with our congressional delegation and the White House to address
this real issue with the asylum and migrant issue in our city, and we’ll keep you updated as the day
goes,” the mayor said in the video.

Adams’ confab with White House officials was expected to be attended by his fellow Democratic
mayors of Chicago and Denver, who are dealing with large influxes of migrants in their cities, too.

White House spokeswoman Dhara Nayyar said Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Denver Mayor
Mike Johnston were still expected to attend the meeting, which she described as focused on “our joint
efforts regarding recently arrived migrants.”

After the White House meet, the trio of mayors was supposed to sit down with members of the House
and Senate to talk about migrant crisis matters. Multiple Capitol Hill sources said members of New
York City’s House delegation did not receive notices about Adams’ cancelation.

According to NYPD sources, Adams’ 11th hour return to New York does not appear related to any
public safety emergencies unfolding in the city.

“There’s nothing on our end,” a high-ranking NYPD source told the Daily News.

Adams’ would-be visit to Washington comes as he has for months criticized President Biden for not
doing more to help New York accommodate the tens of thousands of mostly Latin American migrants
who have arrived in the city since last year. According to the latest data from Adams’ office, more than
65,000 migrants remain housed in the city’s shelter systems, putting immense strain on the local
social safety net and costing the city millions of dollars every week.

The mayor’s rebukes of Biden has resulted in their professional relationship fraying.

Adams, who at one point called himself the “Biden of Brooklyn,” has not met with the president since
this past January. The mayor was also earlier this year removed from a team of high-profile surrogates
expected to help prop up the president’s 2024 reelection campaign.

This is a breaking story. Please check back for updates.

2023 November 2

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