U.S. Attorneys for Southern District of New York Resign

This comes after Trump decides to have all charges dropped for NYC Mayor Eric Adams. The attorneys were threatened with being dismissed by the Deputy Attorney General.

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered others to dismiss the NYC Mayor Adams indictment. He will not do the dirty work himself after named acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon for the Southern District of New York resigned after refusing an order from acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to dismiss the Adams indictment. Gee, I wonder why? Maybe integrity still exists?

Well, there was an alternative . . .

Emil Bove put all Public Integrity Section lawyers into a room with one hour to decide who will dismiss” the indictment against New York City Mayor Eric Adams “or else all will be fired,” NBC legal analyst Barb McQuade reported Friday.

In the end five more attorneys resigned after Trump ordered the charges be dropped for Adams and the Attorney General and Assistant AG attempted to have one of the staff author the dismissal.

“Another New York federal prosecutor resigns over DOJ order to dismiss Eric Adams case,” ABC News