Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal defense attorneys on Tuesday attacked the former acting Manhattan U.S. attorney’s claim that they had proposed a quid pro quo deal, offering the mayor’s help on immigration enforcement in exchange for dismissing the corruption case against him.

Four of Adams’ deputies, Maria Torres-Springer, Anne Williams-Isom, Meera Joshi, and Chauncey Parker, confirmed their resignations as reported by NBC New York. According to the outlet, the deputy mayors believed they could not fulfill their oath of office as Adams asked them not to criticize Trump ‘s policies that conflict with their work.