“There has been no indication that I’ve seen that the mayor is a target,” added his chief legal counsel at City Hall, Lisa Zornberg. The federal investigation burst into public view on Nov. 2 when agents searched the home of Adams' chief fundraiser during his 2021 mayoral campaign, Briana Suggs. Four days later, FBI agents stopped Adams as he was leaving a public event, asked his police security detail to step away and took his electronic devices. Political Cartoons View All 1247 ImagesThe U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, which is overseeing the probe, has declined to comment. “This is what we do as elected officials,” Adams said, adding that he was thinking of Turkish constituents in the city.

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