{"id":133,"date":"2023-11-16T15:56:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T15:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/table-of-success.local\/?p=133"},"modified":"2024-10-09T19:35:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:35:32","slug":"rana-abbasova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tableofsuccess.mysites.io\/rana-abbasova\/","title":{"rendered":"Rana Abbasova"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In the immediate aftermath of the November 2, 2023 FBI raid of the home of Eric Adams\u2019s chief fundraiser Brianna Suggs<\/a>, Vito Pitta <\/a>(see entries), the lawyer for the Adams campaign, said that the campaign had \u201cstarted an extensive review of all documents and actions by campaign workers connected to the contributors in question.\u201d Soon after, the campaign claimed it did find something, and someone: One staffer had acted \u201cimproperly,\u201d and Adams\u2019s lawyers alerted the FBI to let them know about it. According to reporting by the New York Post, that staffer was Rana Abbasova<\/a>, the director of protocol for the Mayor\u2019s Office for International Affairs. And the \u201cimproper\u201d behavior? Federal investigators had raided not only Suggs\u2019s apartment on November 2, but Abbasova\u2019s Fort Lee, New Jersey, home as well, and in response, had apparently <\/strong>told other staffers to delete text messages<\/a>, the Post reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Federal agents soon seized the mayor\u2019s phones and iPad<\/a>, and Abbasova was soon placed on leave<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So who is Rana Abbasova, and how did she become someone the Adams administration was willing to flag to the FBI? Abbasova, whose family is from Azerbaijan, started volunteering for Adams during his first term as Brooklyn borough president<\/a>, at a time when he was trying \u201cto make inroads to the Turkish and Azerbaijani communities in Brooklyn<\/a>.\u201d When she was hired as Adams\u2019s community coordinator at Borough Hall, she was, in the words of her official bio<\/a>, \u201cresponsible for international relations and maintaining relationships between the Borough President and stakeholders, including the Middle East and Central Asian countries, Muslim and Russian-speaking communities, and Non-profit organizations\u201d and \u201calso organized Turkic Heritage events.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n