According to officials, Bahi allegedly instructed witnesses to lie to federal investigators and deleted potentially incriminating messages in an effort to obstruct the investigation.

Mohamed Bahi, a staffer in Mayor Adams’ office who resigned Monday, has been hit with criminal charges alleging he destroyed evidence and tampered with witnesses in the ongoing federal corruption investigation that resulted in the mayor’s indictment last month.

Mohamed Bahi, who worked in the mayor’s office of community affairs, was accused of instructing witnesses to lie to federal authorities.

Anyone who thought Mayor Eric Adams would show up to his regular Tuesday media availability rattled by the latest arrest of someone in his political orbit would be sorely mistaken. “Are people expecting me to go into Grace Mansion and hide and say,

Federal prosecutors unsealed a criminal complaint on Tuesday, Oct. 8, charging former New York City Hall official Mohamed Bahi with witness tampering and destruction of evidence in connection with "a federal investigation of unlawful contributions to a particular 2021 mayoral campaign.

A former New York City official, who until Monday worked in the Adams administration, has been arrested and charged with witness tampering and obstruction of justice, according to federal prosecutors.

Mohamed Bahi, who recently resigned from New York Mayor Eric Adams’s administration, faces federal charges in connection with Adams’s 2021 campaign.

Mohamed Bahi, a former official for Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams, was charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with

Mohamed Bahi is accused of instructing witnesses who allegedly partook in a straw donor scheme to fund Eric Adams' 2021 mayoral campaign.

Federal prosecutors allege that Mohamed Bahi told a businessman and campaign donors to lie to the FBI in June.