Order to Drop Adams Case Prompts Resignations in New York and Washington

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Then, when Justice Department officials transferred the case to the public integrity section in Washington, which oversees corruption prosecutions, the two men who led that unit also resigned, according to five people with knowledge of the matter.

Danielle Sassoon and Other Officials Resign After Order to Drop Eric Adams Case

The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and five officials with the federal public integrity unit quit after the Justice Department ordered the charges against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped.

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[Diogenes]

Good riddance.

 

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How the Justice Dept. Helped Sink Its Own Case Against Eric Adams​

President Trump had just taken office when lawyers for Mayor Eric Adams of New York went to the White House with an extraordinary request: They formally asked in a letter that the new president pardon the mayor in a federal corruption case that had yet to go to trial.

How the Justice Dept. Helped Sink Its Own Case Against Eric Adams

A top Trump appointee guided Mr. Adams’s legal team as they crafted an argument for dismissing corruption charges against the mayor of America’s largest city.

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[Hawkeye10]

Super.

 

[Hume]

Super.

At least you are openly corrupt.

 

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NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, Danielle Sassoon, and five high-ranking Justice Department officials resigned Thursday after she refused an order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams — a stunning escalation in a dayslong standoff over the Trump administration prioritizing political aims over criminal culpability.

Order to drop New York Mayor Adams' case roils Justice Department as high-ranking officials resign

Danielle Sassoon, a Republican serving as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced her resignation in an email to her staff.

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