Ordered by the Trump administration to drop a corruption case against New York's mayor, a top federal prosecutor instead resigned in protest. Danielle Sassoon is known as a tough but fair ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Danielle Sassoon's college newspaper asked her two decades ago for three words she would use to describe herself, the first word the future lawyer said was "independent.

Sassoon’s refusal followed a long, strange courtship between Adams, a Democrat who not so long ago called himself the “Biden ...

What followed was a blowup between the famously independent Manhattan prosecutor’s office and top officials at the Department of Justice. Danielle Sassoon, who was selected by President Donald ...

Despite the toxic whirlwind out of Washington, I must begin with kudos to some very courageous Republican federal prosecutors, Danielle Sassoon and Hagen Scotten, who both refused to sign a document ...

The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan resigned Thursday after being ordered by the Justice Department to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Danielle Sassoon ...

The battle between New York federal prosecutors and the Justice Department continued Friday following another resignation over the order to end Eric Adams' bribery case.

Manhattan's top federal prosecutor has resigned after refusing President Donald Trump's order to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Republican Danielle Sassoon blasted ...

When Danielle Sassoon's college newspaper asked her two decades ago for three words she would use to describe herself, the first word the future lawyer said was "independent." ...

Who Is Danielle Sassoon, the Prosecutor Who Stood up to Trump's DOJ Over Eric Adams' Case? By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Danielle Sassoon's college newspaper asked her two decades ago for ...

On Thursday, Sassoon demonstrated that independence when she resigned as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor rather than comply with an order from President Donald Trump's Justice Department to ...