Former aide to Eric Adams arrested on charges of witness tampering

Mohamed Bahi allegedly deleted Signal, the app he used to communicate with the mayor, amid FBI investigation

A former aide to Eric Adams was arrested Tuesday on charges of witness tampering and destroying evidence in relation to a federal investigation that has spawned FBI raids, a string of resignations and bribery charges brought against the New York mayor.

Mohamed Bahi, who ran the mayor's community affairs office, had already stepped down when he was charged on Tuesday with instructing multiple witnesses to lie to federal investigators about a December 2020 fundraiser for Adams' victorious mayoral election campaign.