WASHINGTON – Mayor Eric Adams faced a rather gentle fire from fellow Democrats during a heated council hearing on Sanctuary City's laws on Wednesday – received a much warmer reception from the GOP.
Hizzoner repeatedly claimed under oath during the six-hour House Oversight Committee, claiming that there was no “Quid Pro Quo” between him and the federal government when President Trump's Justice Department moved to throw his corruption case.
Lines of questions from DEMs, including New York State Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are clearly craving Adams. Adams kept the Republican representatives unremarkable as they were torn apart by three other metropolitan Democrat mayors.
Democrats' rage began calling for California Rep. Robert Garcia to resign. The mayor denied it as he condemned the decline in his charges after agreeing to work with Trump on immigration.
“Are you selling out New Yorkers to save yourself from the prosecution?” Garcia asked Adams honestly.
“There's no deals, no Quid Pro Quo. I was nothing wrong,” Adams replied.
The Washington, D.C. hearing vividly explained Adams's position of decline among his own parties and his increasingly warm view of Republicans.
Committee Chairman James Kommer (R-Kentucky) called Adams “exceptional” while introducing him, but did not offer such pleasure to his mayor's counterparts: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston.
Comer provided Adams with a gentle question about the cost of “an illegal influx of foreign organizations” to New York City.
“Mr. Chairman, we spent $6.9 billion,” Adams said. “And that long-term impact is very important.”
Adams gave that multi-billion dollar response to questions about the cost of “illegal” immigration, despite repeated statements that asylum seekers were legally in the city in the past.
Otherwise, he would not face direct questions, unlike other Democratic mayors who spent hours in hot seats during the hearing.
Most of the nearly 30 questions Adams received came when Republicans descended the mayoral line and quized about illegal immigration and sanctuary city policies.
At one point, Rep. William Timmons (R-South Carolina) praised him for hinting at it and praised former President Joe Biden for opposing his border policy.
“Your only person who stood up against the previous administration was under investigation shortly after,” he said. “It's strange how that happens.”
Many Democrats have tried to pin Adams on suspicion of inappropriate contracts in order to work with the Trump administration on immigration.
They drove props and repeatedly asked Adams if he was “his ass” if he couldn't maintain “consensus” about Trump administrator's immigrant crackdown in a bizarre co-appearance with the mayor in “Fox & Friends.”
Adams has retreated to deny Quid Pro Quo and claiming that it is necessary to postpone the enthusiastic and anticipated decision on whether to discard the corruption case of federal judge Dale Ho in Manhattan.
Ocasio-Cortez argued that respect for the judge was not an acceptable excuse to avoid questioning from Congress.
“Are you going to sue the fifth?” she asked.
“I'm answering your questions directly,” Adams replied.
Comer said the hearing had surpassed Sanctuary City Policies and “Mr. Adams is here to be voluntary.”
When Adams was burned by his fellow Dem in his continued legal calamity, he again and again, either leaned against the mayor and whispered him as he answered.
The lawyer refused to answer questions from the postreporter, and only said in one of the breaks he was the advisor.
Executive Director Kayla Mamelak later confirmed that the lawyer was Norton Rose's Sandeep Savra, where he is working on white-collar crime and civil cases. She said he was brought to a company's lawyer to represent the city.
Mamelak refused to answer questions about why Savra repeatedly rang while the mayor was being asked about his criminal case.
Adams avoided reporters as the controversy hearing ended.
