{"id":111970,"date":"2024-10-09T00:50:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T17:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111970"},"modified":"2024-10-09T00:50:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T17:50:12","slug":"city-hall-official-charged-with-witness-tampering-in-adams-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111970","title":{"rendered":"City Hall Official Charged With Witness Tampering in Adams Inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mayor Eric Adams\u2019s former chief liaison to the Muslim community was arrested Tuesday on federal witness tampering and destruction of evidence charges that had grown out of the investigation that led to the mayor\u2019s indictment last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The liaison, Mohamed Bahi, was charged by the F.B.I. in a criminal complaint in connection with the investigation of illegal contributions made to Mr. Adams\u2019s 2021 mayoral campaign, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The complaint against Mr. Bahi has significant implications for Mr. Adams. According to prosecutors, a businessman who made straw donations to the mayor on behalf of four of his employees has been cooperating with the investigation. Mr. Adams\u2019s lawyer has previously suggested that the indictment against the mayor was based primarily on the cooperation of one witness, another former aide. But the charges today indicate otherwise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Initially, the businessman lied to federal investigators, the complaint says, and was urged by Mr. Bahi \u2014 who claimed he had spoken to Mr. Adams \u2014 to continue doing so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">During a subsequent meeting with the same businessman, Mr. Bahi indicated that he had met with Mr. Adams, and that Mr. Adams believed the businessman was not cooperating with the authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Bahi also encouraged four other witnesses \u2014 the four straw donors \u2014 to lie to investigators, the complaint said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/08\/nyregion\/mohamed-bahi-arrested-adams.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayor Eric Adams\u2019s former chief liaison to the Muslim community was arrested Tuesday on federal witness tampering and destruction of evidence charges that had grown out of the investigation that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111970\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}