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Democratic lawmakers grilled Mayor Eric Adams of New York City over the circumstances behind the Justice Department’s move to dismiss his criminal case.
- March 5, 2025Updated 6:13 p.m. ET
With New York City bearing the greatest burden of the nation’s migrant crisis, Mayor Eric Adams was expected to be a focus of the House oversight hearing on so-called sanctuary cities.
But throughout the contentious Republican-led session on Wednesday with four big city mayors, Mr. Adams was treated like a sideshow, his discomfort visible.
The toughest treatment the mayor received was from his fellow Democrats. Three called for his resignation. Several grilled him over whether he had agreed to a quid pro quo with the Trump administration that would allow the federal corruption indictment to be dropped if he cooperates with the president’s immigration crackdown.
Mr. Adams repeatedly defended himself, contending that he shared certain views with Mr. Trump on elements of his immigration agenda, including deporting immigrants who are accused of violent crimes.
“There’s no deal,” Mr. Adams said. “No quid pro quo. And I did nothing wrong.”
Republican lawmakers were far kinder to the mayor, with some, including the committee chair, James Comer, noting Mr. Adams’s willingness “to work with ICE on detaining the most criminal illegals, and I want to publicly thank you for that.”
And when Representative Robert Garcia, Democrat of California, asked Mr. Adams if he had sold out New Yorkers by cooperating with Tom Homan, Mr. Trump’s so-called border czar, Mr. Homan came to the mayor’s defense on social media.
