A former aide to New York Mayor Eric Adams is charged with destroying evidence as top deputy quits

A former New York City official was charged Tuesday with witness tampering and destroying evidence as a federal investigation led to Mayor Eric Adams’ bribery indictment. Federal prosecutors allege that Mohamed Bahi told a businessman and campaign donors to lie to the FBI in June. They also accuse him of deleting an encrypted messaging app from his cell phone as FBI agents searched his home in July. Prosecutors said Bahi had used the Signal app to communicate with Adams. Bahi resigned Monday as a community affairs liaison. No lawyer who could speak on Bahi’s behalf was listed in an online court docket.