Feds eye NJ mayor
Mystery raid in Atl. City
FBI and IRS agents raided the New Jersey home of Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam on Monday morning, hauling out a computer, printer and other electronics — but remaining tightlipped about why.
“All I can say is that we were there on official lawenforcement activity by a federal court,’’ Doreen Holder, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Newark office, told The Post.
About a dozen agents armed with a search warrant were seen entering the Ohio Avenue home.
Photos showed them carrying out white cardboard boxes, including some with the computer and electronic equipment.
A spokesman for the IRS’s criminal investigations division said its agents were involved in the probe.
Gilliam, a Democrat elected in 2017, emerged from his residence shortly before 1 p.m. and left in a Mercedes-Benz SUV, according to video posted to Twitter. He declined to an- swer questions from waiting reporters.
Gilliam’s deputy chief of staff, Christina Bevilacqua, told The Post, “We do not know” why the search was being conducted.
“The mayor’s office is open, and we are going to continue to provide services to our residents and the administration,” said Bevilacqua, adding that Gilliam was not at his office.
Back in April, a judge tossed a criminal complaint against Gilliam that accused him of swiping a $10,000 check from the Atlantic City Democratic Committee.
Gilliam also made headlines when he and Atlantic City Councilman Jeffree Fauntleroy II became involved in a brawl outside the Haven nightclub at Golden Nugget Atlantic City Nov. 11.