Under Pressure to Drop Charges, Career Prosecutors Weighed Stark Options
Lawyers in the Justice Department’s public integrity section came to believe that to save their jobs, one of them would have ...
Judges Generally Let Prosecutors Drop Charges. Maybe Not for Adams.
Judge Dale E. Ho will weigh the request after the resignation of Manhattan’s U.S. attorney and her accusations of misconduct.
A Blatant Violation of Legal Ethics
DOJ lawyers pride themselves on working for an organization that is unique among federal agencies in its independence from ...
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Why Dropping the Eric Adams Corruption Charges Should Worry All Americans
Trump’s Justice Department’s order to drop charges against New York’s mayor for political reasons threatens the rule of law.
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Prosecutors Resign Over Trump Ordering DOJ to Drop Case Against NYC Mayor
The DOJ had ordered the case against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped following weeks of his cozying up to Trump.
Justice officials move to drop Adams case after 7 lawyers refuse, resign in protest
After career veterans refused to seek a dismissal of the case, acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove told prosecutors in ...
DOJ Enters The Darkest Period In Its Long History
This time, the resignations are coming from the lower down in the chain of command because Bondi and Bove are doing President Trump’s bidding rather than holding the line to in defense of the law, DOJ ...
‘Amongst the trusted’: How private police chat groups blur and breach ethical lines
In August 2021, a Toronto drug case took a dramatic turn when a prosecutor made what the judge called a “highly unusual” ...