The U.S. Department of Justice formally filed court paperwork to dismiss federal corruption charges against New York City ...

She was appointed as the interim U.S. Attorney for the district on Jan. 21 and had not brought the initial charges against ...

Hagan Scotten said he was never directed to dismiss the charges from head SDNY attorney Danielle Sassoon in a hostile letter to acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.

Danielle Sassoon and her colleagues opposed dropping corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

This is an attempt to bring the office to its knees,” said one Southern District alumnus of efforts by Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to force the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office to dismiss the ...

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DOJ lawyers pride themselves on working for an organization that is unique among federal agencies in its independence from politics—for now.

On Monday, the acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, issued a memo to prosecutors at Manhattan ordering that they ...

Interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York Danielle R. Sassoon resigned rather than drop the case against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

The acting United States attorney prosecuting the case, Danielle Sassoon, resigns rather than heed the command to drop the ...

Steve Bannon pleaded guilty to a fraud charge for duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the ...

The Western District of Virginia collected $11.71 million in criminal and civil actions in fiscal year 2024, Acting United States Attorney Zachary T. Lee announced Tuesday. Of that amount ...