Adams was indicted last year for bribery, fraud and soliciting foreign campaign donations.
Brandi Buchman at HuffPost:
The Justice Departmentās recent instruction to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has prompted a wave of resignations from key federal prosecutors on Thursday, including one attorney who said the order āamounted to a quid pro quo.ā That sentiment was expressed in a lengthy resignation letter from Manhattan U.S. attorney Danielle Sassoon to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday after a tense few days at the Department of Justice. Sassoon, a Yale Law School alum who once clerked for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, was only in the role for a few weeks. She was quickly ushered into the U.S. attorneyās office in New York after Trump was inaugurated. She held the position on a temporary basis while Trumpās permanent nominee for the role, Jay Clayton, awaits confirmation by the Senate. In addition to Sassoon, two prosecutors who oversee public integrity divisions at the DOJ in Washington, D.C., resigned on Thursday: Kevin Driscoll and John Keller. Adamsā case was transferred to that division after acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove demanded Adamsā charges be dropped. Adams was indicted last year for bribery, fraud and soliciting foreign campaign donations. He pleaded not guilty and was headed to trial this spring.
Bove,Ā TheĀ Associated PressĀ reportedĀ Tuesday, wanted Adamsā charges dropped because he believed if the mayor had to face them, it would distract him from devoting his āfull attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that has escalated under the policies of the prior Administration,ā accordingĀ to a memoĀ obtained by the outlet.
Happy to see attorneys resign in protest rather than carry out the lawless and immoral demand to drop corruption charges against Eric Adams.
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