Two federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York who worked on the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams were placed on leave Friday and escorted out of the building by federal law enforcement officials, multiple current and former law enforcement sources told NBC News.

The criminal case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams took center stage during his testimony about sanctuary cities in Washington, D.C.

The mayor was joined by three other Democratic mayors as witnesses at a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday morning.

A House committee questioned Mayor Eric Adams and three other leaders of so-called sanctuary cities on Wednesday on their willingness to cooperate with Trump administration immigration policy — but Republicans generally focused their ire on Boston,

The four big city mayors who testified Wednesday on Capitol Hill knew they were invited by House Republicans to be punching bags. For New York’s Eric Adams, however, the blows were thrown by fellow Democrats.

The U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is expected to question four U.S. mayors about their cities’ immigration policies Wednesday. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu,

Adams talks a big game about rolling back NYC’s sanctuary laws, but he refuses to direct his Charter Revision Commission to let voters decide the controversial topic. Now a group of City

Mayors called by the GOP to a six-hour House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing were Brandon Johnson of Chicago; Mike Johnston of Denver; Eric Adams of New York; and Michelle Wu of Boston.