Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) faced a barrage of criticism at a House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing with so-called sanctuary city mayors on Wednesday — with much of the backlash coming from his fellow Democrats.

Adams, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D), Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) were the subject of the hearing, during which the panel sought to highlight what Republicans see as one of their top issues.

The six-hour-long hearing saw plenty of fireworks as Republicans sought to attack the high-profile Democratic mayors on immigration. But Adams was hit with the most criticism from members of his own party following a recent move from the Justice Department to drop federal corruption charges against him.

“Are you selling out New Yorkers to save yourself from prosecution?” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) asked Adams, referring to allegations that Adams worked to appease the Trump administration on immigration in exchange for getting the charges against him dropped.

“There’s no deal. There’s no quid pro quo. I did nothing wrong. And anything dealing with this case out of deference to Judge Ho, who’s now addressing it, I’m going to refer to his actions,” Adams responded.

“I personally agree with a majority of New Yorkers and believe that you should resign. You should do the right thing, you should step down and resign today,” Garcia said.

Adams also faced a grilling from New York........

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