A New York Metropolis official was arrested Tuesday on fees of witness tampering and destruction of proof in relation to the felony probe into Mayor Eric Adams’s 2021 marketing campaign funding.
Mohamed Bahi, who was Adams’s former high liaison to the Muslim group, is about to look earlier than Decide Robert W. Lehrburger in Manhattan federal courtroom in a while Tuesday.
“As alleged, Mohamed Bahi obstructed a federal criminal investigation by instructing witnesses to lie and then destroying evidence,” U.S. Lawyer Damian Williams launched in an announcement.
“The charges unsealed today should leave no doubt about the seriousness of any effort to interfere with a federal investigation, particularly when undertaken by a government employee.”
Bahi allegedly intimidated and threatened 5 witnesses, directing them to misinform legislation enforcement with the intent to hinder, delay, and forestall their communication with authorized officers.
“These alleged actions were a deceitful attempt to conceal unlawful activity and create unnecessary obstacles for those working to uncover the truth,” FBI Assistant Director James E. Dennehy stated.
Bahi may resist 20 years in jail. The prosecution of this case is being dealt with by the Workplace’s Public Corruption Unit.
Adams has continued to keep up his innocence within the face of federal bribery and marketing campaign finance fees. He has additionally resisted calls to resign regardless of dropping a rising variety of high aides. Seven in 10 New Yorkers assume the mayor ought to step down, in response to a latest ballot.
Adams’s legal professionals have accused prosecutors of prematurely leaking delicate case data to main media retailers, and stopping a good trial.
The Hill has reached out to Bahi for remark.
