Overview
- Mohamed Bahi received three years of probation, including a year of home confinement, after pleading guilty in the illegal donations scheme tied to Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign.
- U.S. District Judge Dale E. Ho called the mayor’s tossed indictment the “elephant in the room” and said it was hard to escape the impression Bahi was left “holding the bag.”
- Bahi admitted he helped solicit straw donations from construction company employees during a December 2020 fundraiser and told donors to lie as he deleted the Signal app when agents arrived.
- The Justice Department under President Trump directed prosecutors to drop the separate case against Adams, a move that triggered protests and resignations, including the U.S. attorney in Manhattan.
- Adams ended his reelection bid and will be succeeded by mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on Jan. 1, while another participant, businessman Erden Arkan, also pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation.