NEW YORK — Critics are questioning the timing of the Biden Department of Justice’s investigation into New York City Mayor Eric Adams following the mayor’s criticism of the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policies. 

Republicans see the indictment of Adams as fitting a pattern of political lawfare against opponents of the Democratic Party. Adams himself appeared to blame the indictment on his willingness to cross the Democratic Party with criticism of the border crisis, calling himself a “target” of the DOJ on Wednesday.