New York City Mayor Eric Adams' re-election campaign paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a former campaign worker who was later raided by the FBI, new campaign finance filings reveal.
Suggs Solutions LLC, Company owned and operated It comes from former Adams campaign fundraiser Brianna Suggs, who paid $279,835 from the mayor's re-election campaign from March 2022 to November 2023. according to to the New York City Campaign Finance Commission. The FBI searched Suggs' Brooklyn home on the morning of Nov. 2, 2023, and a few days later news broke that federal authorities were investigating Adams' ties to the Turkish government.
Federal agents removed electronic equipment and envelopes labeled 'Eric Adams' from Suggs' home, Politico report. Investigators were seeking records related to an illegal donation scheme linked to the mayor and evidence related to allegations that the Turkish government worked with Adams to funnel foreign donations to his campaign coffers. according to In the New York Times. (Related: Eric Adams strangely alludes to 9/11 as proof of New York City's greatness)
Federal authorities have not formally accused Mr. Suggs or Mr. Adams of wrongdoing.
Records show that the day before the attack on his home, the Adams campaign paid Mr. Suggs' company about $64,000 for campaign and consulting fees. Adams initially supported Suggs after the raid, but later removed him from his campaign's top fundraising role, the NYT reported.
A source close to the campaign told NYT Suggs would be moved to another location within the campaign at the time, but it's unclear where she ultimately moved. After Suggs was removed from her fundraising role, she did not return the $64,000 she was paid by her campaign. according to For campaign finance records.
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Mr. Suggs raised eyebrows as Adams' fundraising chief.
One Adams donor said Suggs, who was chosen as the Adams campaign's top fundraiser at just 23 years old, is “very, very young.” according to To Politico.
“What surprised some people was that she was running the entire operation of that campaign, the fundraising part of it, and that she was so young and inexperienced,” the donor continued. Ta.
The New York Times said Suggs was so close to one of Adams' top aides that he called her his “goddaughter” before taking the mayor's top fundraising job.
Mr. Suggs worked on Mr. Adams' first mayoral campaign and received compensation of approximately $50,000 for both parties. directly and through her LLC It applies to services from April to October 2021, according to campaign finance records.
The mayor's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. Mr. Sugg could not be reached for comment.
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