New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams met with the Home Oversight Committee Wednesday, together with three different mayors of sanctuary cities, to debate safety for undocumented immigrants. However the focus shortly shifted to Adams’ murky dealings with President Donald Trump.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York—who’s not a member of the committee however was current for the listening to—dug into the scandal-laden mayor.
“This right here is the four-alarm fire that everyone must be paying attention to,” she stated, referring to Adams’ latest felony indictment involving bribery, marketing campaign finance, and conspiracy prices, which was dismissed by the Division of Justice.
The dismissal sparked the resignation of seven prosecutors within the DOJ, two of which offered resignation letters claiming that Adams participated in a quid professional quo with Trump with a view to dodge his bribery prices.
Adams allegedly paved the way in which for Trump and his “border czar” Tom Homan to tear by New York Metropolis’s immigrant group in alternate for dismissal.
Ocasio-Cortez left no stone unturned, regardless of Adams’ makes an attempt to dodge her questions.
“Mayor Adams … the only permissible way to refuse to answer a question during a congressional proceeding is by pleading the fifth amendment. Is it your intention to plead the fifth?” she requested.
A number of different Democratic lawmakers referred to as for the mayor’s resignation, with Rep. Robert Garcia of California blatantly requested Adams why he was “selling out New Yorkers.”
Adams’ future as New York Metropolis’s mayor stays unclear. As he considers operating as a Republican, his approval ranking continues to plummet—signaling that he might need to rethink his strategy.
And as New York Governor Kathy Hochul faces mounting stress to give Adams the boot, rigidity within the state stays excessive.
