WE'RE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS. A SPRAWLING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION TONIGHT FOCUSING ON SENIOR OFFICIALS IN NEW YORK CITY. MAYOR ADAMS ADMINISTRATION AGENTS SEARCHED THE HOMES OF SEVERAL TOP AIDES, AND THEY SUBPOENAED THE CELL PHONES OF TOP NYPD OFFICIALS. AND TONIGHT, WE GET REACTION FROM THE MAYOR HIMSELF. AND GOOD EVENING TO YOU AT 6:00, I'M LIZ CHO. >> AND I'M BILL RITTER. WE BEGIN WITH THE EXPANDING INVESTIGATION INTO TOP AIDES OF THE MAYOR. FBI AGENTS YESTERDAY RAIDING THE HOMES OF PHIL BANKS, DEPUTY MAYOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND DEPUTY MAYOR SHEENA WRIGHT. SHE'S THE PARTNER OF SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR DAVID BANKS. PHIL BANKS IS HIS BROTHER. >> AND IT DOESN'T END THERE. THE PHONES OF POLICE COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN AND SIX OTHER NYPD OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN SUBPOENAED. TONIGHT, THE FEDS ALSO WANT THE PHONE OF ADAMS ADVISER, TIM PIERSON. THE QUESTION TONIGHT, IT IS EXACTLY WHAT ARE FEDERAL PROSECUTORS LOOKING FOR? >> EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER N.J. BURKETT LIVE AT CITY HALL, WHERE HE TALKED THIS AFTERNOON TO THE MAYOR. NEWT AND BILL. IT DOES NOT GET ANY HIGHER THAN THE FIRST DEPUTY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND THE NYPD COMMISSIONER. >> BUT TO BE CLEAR, NO ONE, NOT THE MAYOR, NOT ANYONE IN HIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ACCUSED OR CHARGED WITH ANY WRONGDOING. BUT THESE LATEST RAIDS AND SUBPOENAS NOW REACH DEEP INTO CITY HALL. >> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY WRONGDOING OR MISGIVINGS FROM ANYONE ON MY TEAM, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO COOPERATE. >> MAYOR ADAMS INSISTS TONIGHT THAT HE'S CONFIDENT DESPITE A NEW SERIES OF FBI RAIDS REACHING INTO THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION. >> THE FINAL ANALYSIS IS GOING TO BE DONE. I THINK THAT I HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG. I'VE SAID IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. >> SOURCES CONFIRMED TO EYEWITNESS NEWS TONIGHT THAT FBI AGENTS RAIDED THE HOMES AND CITY HALL OFFICES OF HIS FIRST DEPUTY MAYOR, SHEENA WRIGHT, AND PHIL BANKS, HIS DEPUTY MAYOR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. BANKS IS HOME IN QUEENS, WAS SEARCHED AT DAWN YESTERDAY AS WELL AS MISS WRIGHT'S HOME IN UPPER MANHATTAN. THOSE SAME SOURCES ALSO CONFIRM THAT AGENTS WITH SUBPOENAS SEARCHED THE OFFICE OF NYPD COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN, SEIZING HIS PHONES AS WELL AS PHONES AND ELECTRONICS OF HALF A DOZEN OTHER POLICE OFFICIALS. THE EXACT NATURE OF THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED LATE THIS AFTERNOON, AND IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHOM IS BEING TARGETED BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, SOURCES SAY THAT THE RAIDS ARE UNRELATED TO AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION INTO MAYOR ADAMS 2021 CAMPAIGN. THOSE QUESTIONS DATE BACK TO NOVEMBER, WHEN FBI AGENTS RAIDED THE HOME OF THE MAYOR'S CHIEF FUNDRAISER, PART OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHETHER THE 2021 CAMPAIGN RECEIVED DONATIONS AND ILLEGAL GIFTS FROM CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN TURKEY. FBI AGENTS HAVE ALREADY SEIZED THE MAYOR'S PHONES AS PART OF THAT INVESTIGATION. DOES THAT ALARM YOU THAT IT MAY BE TAKING ON ANOTHER DIMENSION? AND IF NOT, WHY NOT? >> THE. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I MUST DO IS TO SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE TO MY TEAM AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY. WE'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH WHATEVER RULES AND WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE LAW. >> VETERAN POLITICAL CONSULTANT HANK SHEINKOPF SAYS THE STAKES FOR THE MAYOR ARE HIGH, EITHER. >> THIS IS THE GREATEST CORRUPTION SCANDAL SINCE THE THIRD KOCH ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS THE MOST CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION SINCE JIMMY WALKER. OR IT'S NOTHING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. >> WELL, THERE'S BEEN NO COMMENT. SO FAR FROM ANY OF THOSE SUBPOENAED THIS WEEK. NO COMMENT TONIGHT FROM THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER THE MAYOR IS A TARGET OF THIS LATEST INVESTIGATION. AND IT APPEARS FOR THE MOMENT HE IS NOT THIS IS NOT A GOOD LOOK FOR THE ADMINISTRATION. WITH JUST OVER