New Developments in Eric Adams' Corruption Case as DOJ Moves to Dismiss Charges and Prosecutors Resign
New York City Mayor Eric Adams' corruption case faces upheaval as DOJ seeks dismissal, leading to resignations of key prosecutors who oppose the directive.
This is the quid pro quo.
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The DOJ's decision to push for Adams' charges to be dropped was outlined in a two-page memo by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, who said the dismissal was not based on the strength of evidence but on the timing of the charges.
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The extraordinary mutiny from career Justice Department prosecutors was set in motion on Monday when acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered Danielle R. Sassoon, then the top prosecutor in Manhattan, to dismiss the charges.
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The news comes after a federal prosecutor, Hagan Scotten, resigned Friday in a scathing letter, accusing top DOJ officials of looking for a "fool."
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Bove’s memo sparked something of a revolt within the Justice Department.
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The dismissal closed the first criminal case in history against a sitting New York City mayor and set off a flood of resignations among prosecutors who refused to drop the charges.
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It is a breathtaking and dangerous precedent to reward Adams's opportunistic and shifting commitments on immigration and other policy matters with the dismissal of a criminal indictment.
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There has been a scramble within the DOJ over the past 24 hours to find a prosecutor willing to put their name to a motion that would ask the judge to formally withdraw the case.
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This was followed by a resignation letter that sent shockwaves through the legal community: Prosecutor Hagan Scotten, who earned two Bronze medals for his military service and who clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts, wrote he does not have negative views about the Trump administration.
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The point here is that the new Trump Justice Department is busting through sanctuary cities and states, left and right.
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If true, the quid pro quo charges suggest the administration is using law enforcement to leverage cooperation with its agenda.
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The battle between New York federal prosecutors and President Donald Trump's Justice Department continued Friday as another prosecutor resigned over the order to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams' bribery case.
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The point here is that the new Trump Justice department is busting through sanctuary cities and states, left and right.
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This is a stark promise that we will keep you out of jail if you do what we in the administration want.
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Scotten lambasted Bove's reasoning for wanting the case dismissed, taking particular offense at the idea that Adams' case should be dismissed so that the Trump administration could strong-arm him into cooperating with the president's immigration initiatives.
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The acting head of the Public Integrity Section and the acting head of the DOJ's Criminal Division also refused to drop the case and resigned.
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The kowtowing has only continued.
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Many additional illegals may self-deport because of police pressure and because employers are reluctant to risk workplace raids.
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The pink heart-covered card shouldn’t fool anyone as it showcases Trump’s hard-line messaging on illegal immigration as part of his mass deportation offensive and border crackdown.
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That means the Adams legal saga is still far from over.
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This was perhaps the most dramatic battle yet between the Trump loyalists taking the reins across Washington and the career civil servants attempting to hold the line against alleged overreach.
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The dismissal request was signed by Bove, and by Antoinette Bacon, a supervisory official of the DOJ's criminal division in Washington, D.C., and Edward Sullivan, a senior prosecutor in the DOJ's Public Integrity Section.
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Scotten also suggested the federal government used a quid pro quo in potentially dismissing the charges in exchange for Adams’s immigration cooperation.
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The developments have raised serious concerns about the integrity of the justice system under the influence of political maneuvers.
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For now, it appears as if the mayor of the overwhelmingly Democratic city is essentially being held hostage by the Trump administration — which doesn’t seem to care if everyone knows it.
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Amid the weight of the asylum crisis and accompanying crime in the Big Apple, Adams began to shift rightward on immigration — at least in rhetoric.
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DOJ is now led by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, a Donald Trump loyalist.
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But several Department of Justice employees, including the top prosecutor in Manhattan, Danielle Sassoon, viewed the order to drop the case as politically motivated interference in the independent judicial system.
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Adams’s and Bove’s actions — including promises to help the administration while asking for the case’s dismissal — were troubling, according to Sassoon’s resignation letter.
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We sure are lucky to have a President who took such a strong stand against the "weaponization" of the Department of Justice.
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Adams was indicted last September on bribery charges and pleaded not guilty to federal bribery charges, which included accepting overseas travel paid for by wealthy Turkish nationals.
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But now, even though they had government permission to come to the US, these families are facing fear and uncertainty they never expected.
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The next four years will change America forever.
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Adams made the announcement following a closed-door meeting on the same day with Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s border czar, who has been tasked with leading Trump’s large-scale deportation initiative.
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The comments follow Ocasio-Cortez's office on Wednesday hosting a webinar that was about migrants knowing their rights if ICE agents came to their door.
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Summary
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is at the center of a tumultuous political storm as the Justice Department seeks to dismiss corruption charges against him. This motion arises amidst a mass resignation of federal prosecutors, including acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon and Hagan Scotten, who protested that dropping the case is politically motivated. Sassoon alleged pressure from the administration, asserting a quid pro quo offer linked to Trump's immigration policies. Adams maintains his innocence, denying any bargaining with officials. Meanwhile, Adams’ decision to allow ICE operations at Rikers Island represents a dramatic shift in sanctuary city policies.
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