The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has executed a raid of the residences of New York Police Department Commissioner Thomas Donlon. 

In fact, CNN reports Donlon as revealing that the agency conducted the raid just over a week after he took office.

The revelation came in a message that Donlon released. Take a look:

Statement from the Police Commissioner: pic.twitter.com/K0talEghOc

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) September 22, 2024

Donlon's statement

In his statement, Donlon wrote that, "on Friday, September 20, federal authorities executed search warrants at my residence."

He added that "they took materials that came into my possession approximately 20 years ago and are unrelated to my work with the New York City Police Department."

Donlon concluded, "This is not a department matter, and the department will not be commenting."

More details

Further details about the situation have been provided to the New York Post by law enforcement.

Per the outlet:

Sources told The Post that agents had been searching for classified documents Donlon may have brought home during his years with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security — but that explanation has left a lot of law enforcement officers scratching their heads.

The Post goes on to cite an anonymous source as explaining the head-scratching.

The source said:

The same federal agencies that "recommended" Donlon to [New York City Mayor] Adams also executed the warrant — less than a week after Donlon’s appointment — to search his house for 20-year-old documents. I can hear the agents laughing while they’re torturing the mayor. It’s open season on Adams at the SDNY and FBI.

Background

This all comes roughly one week after a raid was conducted on Donlon's predecessor, Edward Caban. Authorities, in that raid, did take Caban's electronic devices and phones. The claim is that the two raids are unrelated.

CNN reports:

The search warrant is not believed to be related to any of the corruption investigations currently ensnaring City Hall . . . Donlon was appointed as Interim Police Commissioner just over a week ago, after the previous commissioner, Edward Caban, resigned amid an investigation by federal authorities. It marked the first high-profile departure from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration since the start of four separate federal investigations into Adams’ office and the NYPD.

Suffice it to say that there are many, many unanswered questions about what exactly is going on in New York City right now. Perhaps as the Post's source suggested, it really is "open season on Adams."