Top Adams administration officials raided by the feds

Published: Sep 05, 2024 Duration: 00:02:26 Category: News & Politics

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INVOLVING DONALD TRUMP ON OUR WEBSITE, CBSNEWYORK.COM. >>> FOUR TOP OFFICIALS TO MAYOR ADAMS WERE THE TARGETS OF RAIDS BY FEDERAL AGENTS INCLUDING NYPD POLICE COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN. IT MARKS YET ANOTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THE ADAMS' ADMINISTRATION. NATALIE DUDDRIDGE IS IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE LATEST ON WHAT WE KNOW. NATALIE? >> Reporter: CINDY, GOOD AFTERNOON. WELL, THE NATURE OF THIS INVESTIGATION STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY A CITY SPOKESPERSON TOLD CBS NEWS NEW YORK THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT MAYOR ADAMS IS A TARGET OF ANY INVESTIGATION. TODAY WE DID RECEIVE A NEW STATEMENT FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR SAYING HE IS COOPERATING WITH A FEDERAL INQUIRY BUT SAYS AT THIS TIME LEG CANNOT COMMENT FURTHER. SOURCES TELL CBS NEWS NEW YORK THAT AGENTS RAIDED THE HOME OF AT LEAST FOUR ON OFFICIALS IN MAYOR ADAMS' ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING CHANCELLOR BANKS. WE CAUGHT UP BANKS ON THURSDAY OUTSIDE OF HIS HOME. >> IT'S A GREAT FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. >> Reporter: THE HOMES OF THE CHANCELLOR'S BROTHER DEPUTY MAYOR PHILLIP BANKS AND NYPD COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN WERE ALSO RAIDED. THE NYPD PUT OUT A BRIEF STATEMENT REGARDING POLICE COMMISSIONER CABAN SAYING THE DEPARTMENT IS AWARE OF AN INVESTIGATION BY THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK INVOLVING MEMBERS OF SERVICE. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS ALSO REPORTING FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED ELECTRONIC DEVICES FROM THE HOME OF TIMOTHY PEARSON. A MAYORAL ADVISOR AND FORMER HIGH RANKING NYPD OFFICIAL. ALTHOUGH DETAILS INTO THIS CASE AND REASONS FOR THE RAIDS REMAIN UNCLEAR, SOURCES SAY WEDNESDAY'S RAIDS ARE UNRELATED TO A SEPARATE FEDERAL CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION INVOLVING ALLEGED DONATIONS MADE BY TURKISH OFFICIALS TO THE MAYOR'S 2021 CAMPAIGN. FOR WHICH THE FBI SEIZED ADAMS' ELECTRONIC DEVICE LAST YEAR. MAYOR ADAMS SPOKE TO MARCIA KRAMER THURSDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT WHAT HE KNOWS REGARDING THE ACE. >> AGAIN FOLLOW THE RULES AND I WILL CONTINUE TO TELL THE TEAM TO DO THAT. THOSE ARE -- QUESTIONS I CAN'T ANSWER. I'M GOING TO -- I KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. AND THAT IS INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED TO SHOW THAT I HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE LAW, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION. >> Reporter: AND AGAIN, CINDY, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY TOLD US THAT THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THE MAYOR OR ANY OF HIS IMMEDIATE STAFF ARE

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