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https://nypost.com/2024/09/05/us-news/fbi-raids-nyc-homes-of-two-top- mayor-adams-aides-sheena-wright-and-phil-banks/
FBI agents raided the homes of two top aides to Mayor Eric Adams — Phil
Banks and Sheena Wright — early Wednesday, law enforcement sources
confirmed.
The raids — first reported by The City — unfolded simultaneously about 5
a.m. at Wright’s elegant West 143rd Street home in Harlem and Banks’
Queens home, according to the sources.
https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/09/sheena-wright-first- deputy-mayor-87147661.jpg?resize=1024,683&quality=75&strip=all
Sheena Wright is first deputy mayor and a longtime ally of Mayor Eric
Adams.
Robert Miller
An FBI spokesperson declined to comment to The Post on Thursday but did
not deny that federal agents visited both addresses.
The law enforcement action marks a jaw-dropping escalation in the federal
probe circling the mayor’s 2021 campaign.
The raids’ precise purpose remained unclear Thursday, but a source with knowledge of the probe said investigators have been trying to flip someone close to Adams, who has not been accused of wrongdoing.
Adams has now seen federal agents search the properties of five allies, including his top campaign fundraiser Brianna Suggs, amid allegations of a kickback scheme involving City Hall and the Turkish government.
Hizzoner himself was slapped with a grand jury subpoena, as were City Hall
and his campaign, in July by federal prosecutors digging into his 2021
election fundraising. He also had his electronic devices seized as part of
the investigation.
Adams has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
Representatives for City Hall and Adams’ campaign did not respond to
requests for comment.
Wright has been in a longtime relationship with Schools Chancellor David
Banks, and they were rumored to have married in secret last year.
Banks is the brother of Phil Banks, who himself was named by the feds as
an unindicted co-conspirator in a sweeping federal police corruption case
years ago.
David Banks, when spotted Thursday leaving the Harlem home he shares with Wright by The Post, dodged questions about the raid.
Additional reporting by Ben Kochman and Haley Brown
Conversation
Michael Hunt (Mike)
19 minutes ago
Why wasn't CNN there for the raids? They only tell the media when it is a conservative/Republican?
Internet Know-It-All
9 minutes ago
Our FBI is doing the Lord’s work. They are the world’s best.
Hungover Harris
4 minutes ago
I am sure they knew and just decided it wasn't a story that made Trump
look bad so didn't report it.
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