Mohamed Bahi, an ex-employee of Mayor Eric Adams' administration, plans to plead guilty to charges as part of the federal corruption case against the mayor.

Prosecutors say Mohamed Bahi, who is identified in the indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams as “Adams Employee-1,” has indicated he intends to plead to a charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Mohamed Bahi is expected to plead guilty to conspiracy for efforts to cover up straw donations to Adams’s 2021 campaign, according to a court filing.

Former City Hall aide Mohamed Bahi plans to plead guilty to funneling illegal donations to Mayor Eric Adams’ 2021 campaign, according to a new court filing. The Friday filing says Bahi, who resigned as Adams’ Muslim community liaison the day before he was criminally indicted in October,

In recent days, reports have emerged that the Justice Department, now under the dominion of President Donald Trump, might drop the corruption charges former U.S. Attorney Damian Williams brought last year. If this happens, Adams will go free and Trump won’t even have to manage the optics of issuing a pardon for a Democrat.

The aide, Mohamed Bahi, had been accused of telling a witness to lie to federal agents investigating illegal contributions to Mayor Eric Adams’s campaign.

Justice Department lawyers met with New York City Mayor Eric Adams' defense team and federal prosecutors on Friday to discuss dropping the corruption case against him, a source tells CBS News.

A former aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams intends to plead guilty to conspiracy in connection with the federal corruption case against the mayor, prosecutors said in a filing.