The FBI raided the home of Brianna Suggs, the chief fundraiser for New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The raid involves possible illegal campaign contributions originating in Turkey.
Suggs has been an important part of Adams’ political career because of her ability to raise money, however, it would have been better if she had raised legal contributions. She has been instrumental in raising funds for his campaigns, amassing over $2.5 million for his 2025 re-election bid.
Their professional relationship began in 2017 when Suggs was hired as an administrative intern during his tenure as the Brooklyn Borough President.
She was later promoted to fundraiser and director of logistics for Adams’ triumphant 2021 mayoral campaign.
She is currently working for the Kings County Democratic County Committee, where she serves as a fundraiser. Suggs raised over $18 million for Adams in 2021 and has raised another $900,000 for his 2025 reelection bid.
Daily News Chris Sommerfeldt wrote:
“Feds raided the Brooklyn home of Brianna Suggs, Mayor Adams’ campaign fundraiser coordinator, this a.m. Eyewitnesses told me FBI agents came out with a cardboard box. A source familiar said the raid relates to Adams campaign donations.”
JUST IN: Feds raided the Brooklyn home of Brianna Suggs, Mayor Adams' campaign fundraiser coordinator, this a.m.
Eyewitnesses told me FBI agents came out with a cardboard box. A source familiar said raid relates to Adams campaign donations.
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— Chris Sommerfeldt (@C_Sommerfeldt) November 2, 2023
Federal prosecutors and the FBI are investigating over the possible collusion between the Adams campaign and the Turkish governor. This according to the New York Times.
The search warrant revealed an investigation into potential straw donor schemes involving foreign campaign donations. Crimes being probed include:
“theft of federal funds and conspiracy to steal federal funds, wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy, as well as campaign contributions by foreign nationals and conspiracy to make such contributions.”
The curious involvement of a Brooklyn-based construction firm with known links to Turkey and an obscure university in Washington, D.C, also associated with the country and Mayor Adams, has also been probed by investigating authorities.
The New York Times reported:
The construction company was identified in the warrant, portions of which were obtained by The Times, as KSK Construction Group in Brooklyn. Individuals who listed their employer as KSK donated nearly $14,000 to Mr. Adams’s 2021 campaign, according to campaign finance records. A person who answered the telephone at the company declined to comment.
The search warrant sought financial records for Ms. Suggs and any entity controlled or associated with her; documents related to contributions to the mayor’s 2021 campaign; records of travel to Turkey by any employee, officer or associate of the campaign; and documents related to interactions between the campaign and the government of Turkey, “including persons acting at the behest of the Turkish government.”
Investigators specified documents relating to Bay Atlantic University, a tiny Turkish-owned institution that opened in Washington, D.C., in 2014. The following year, Mr. Adams visited one of the school’s sister universities in Istanbul, where he was given various certificates and was told that a scholarship would be created in his name.
The warrant also sought electronic devices, including cellphones, laptops or tablets used by Ms. Suggs.
Investigators specified documents relating to Bay Atlantic University, a tiny Turkish-owned institution that opened in Washington, D.C., in 2014. The following year, Mr. Adams visited one of the school’s sister universities in Istanbul, where he was given various certificates and was told that a scholarship would be created in his name.
The warrant also sought electronic devices, including cellphones, laptops or tablets used by Ms. Suggs.
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