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Ex-aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams avoids prison time as federal judge addresses ‘elephant in the room’
Mohamed Bahi received three years probation and $32,000 restitution for soliciting illegal straw donations that boosted Mayor Adams' campaign matching funds, a judge noted the mayor avoided charges.
- Bahi, an ex-aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams, avoided prison time for his role in a straw donor scheme during Adams' 2020 mayoral campaign.
- Federal prosecutors, who previously indicted and later dropped charges against Adams, were criticized by Bahi's attorney for appearing to give preferential treatment to the powerful Adams.
- The judge expressed concern over the 'notable absence' of Adams facing charges, stating the integrity of elections is 'one of the most sacred rights we have.
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Eric Adams Aide Sentenced in Campaign Fundraising Scheme — With the Mayor’s Absence Noted
Most of the seats in the ornate wood-paneled courtroom of Manhattan Federal Judge Dale Ho Tuesday were filled with supporters of Mohamed Bahi, the former aide to Mayor Eric Adams who was about to be sentenced for arranging illegal straw donations for the mayor’s election campaigns. Missing from the scene was Eric Adams, the man whose candidacy put Bahi in that courtroom awaiting his fate. And Ho — the same judge who’d reluctantly dismissed Adams…
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Ex-aide to NYC Mayor Eric Adams avoids prison time as federal judge addresses 'elephant in the room'
A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been sentenced to three years’ probation, including a year of home confinement, for soliciting illegal campaign contributions for Adams’ first campaign.
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