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Danielle Sassoon and her colleagues opposed dropping corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.
NY's top federal prosecutor, several DOJ officials resign over Mayor Eric Adams' case
Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, submitted her resignation Thursday, ...
What to Make of the DOJ’s Attempt to Strong-Arm Its Prosecutors Into Dismissing the Eric Adams Charges
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'Brutal': Ex-federal prosecutor reveals why Trump DOJ’s 'illegal order' was 'so corrupt'
On Friday, seven top prosecutors at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) resigned following an order by DOJ leadership to ...
Live Updates: Justice Dept. Asks Judge to Dismiss Adams Case, Capping Days of Drama
The move was preceded by wave of resignations of prosecutors, each refusing to sign the motion and some criticizing the Justice Department order to do so in scathing terms.
Firing Apolitical Federal Prosecutors Over Politics Hurts Us All
Criminal defense lawyer Gregory Gilchrist says the Jan. 6 prosecutors acted lawfully and that political attacks against them ...
Prosecutor Resigns, Warns Trump's DOJ: 'It Was Never Going to Be Me'
The attorney became the seventh official to resign amid the push to dismiss the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
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Trump's DOJ is at war with its own prosecutors
At least seven federal prosecutors resigned rather than comply with an order to dismiss corruption charges against New York ...
Former prosecutor: Adams’s attorneys ‘repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo’
The former acting U.S. attorney overseeing New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case said the mayor’s attorneys pushed ...
Adams’s Lead Prosecutor Quits Defiantly: ‘It Was Never Going to Be Me’
Hagan Scotten told Justice Department officials that he would not be party to a political prosecution. He was the latest in ...
Federal prosecutors in New York officially move to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case
The DOJ had pressured federal prosecutors in N.Y. to dismiss the charges against Adams, prompting resignations from several top officials.
Here’s Where Trump’s Government Layoffs Are—As 200,000 Recent Hires Could Be Affected
Thousands of employees at federal public health agencies will reportedly be fired Friday, as the Trump administration ...