A former New York City official, Mohamed Bahi, has been charged with witness tampering and destroying evidence in a federal investigation related to Mayor Eric Adams' bribery indictment. Bahi, who resigned as a community affairs liaison, allegedly instructed individuals to lie to the FBI and deleted an encrypted messaging app from his phone during an FBI search of his home. Prosecutors claim Bahi used the app to communicate with Mayor Adams.
Bahi, 40, of Staten Island, was arrested and is set to appear in federal court in Manhattan. The investigation marks the first charge against someone other than Mayor Adams.
