DOJ boss Bove dangles big promotions for dropping Eric Adams case after mass resignations
Emil Bove, the top DOJ official who told prosecutors to dismiss the case against New York's mayor, represented Donald Trump in a criminal trial last year.
Who is Danielle Sassoon, the US attorney who resigned rather than drop charges against Eric Adams?
Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to U.S.
Prosecutor quits after order to drop corruption case against NY Mayor Eric Adams
NEW YORK — Hagan Scotten, the lead prosecutor in Mayor Eric Adams’s federal corruption case, has quit over the Justice Department’s demand that the case be dismissed, calling any lawyer who would move in court to toss the matter a “fool” or “coward,” according to a copy of a letter obtained Friday.
Trump's DOJ keeping Eric Adams on ‘short leash’ by pushing to drop charges
A seventh prosecutor has now quit over Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove's order to drop criminal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. MSNBC legal correspondent Lisa Rubin, former U.
Trump DOJ's Order to Drop Eric Adams Case Sparks Mass Resignations
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, the Trump administration's recent pick to temporarily lead the office prosecuting New York Mayor Eric Adams, resigned her post on Thursday, according to the memorandum by Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove,
7th U.S. prosecutor quits as DOJ seeks to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
A seventh federal prosecutor resigned Friday after the Department of Justice ordered criminal corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams dropped.
Why Bove Wants Someone Else to Request the Adams Charges Be Dismissed
While it would be highly unusual for the acting No. 2 at the Justice Department to take such a role in a criminal case, there ...
What to Make of the DOJ’s Attempt to Strong Arm Its Prosecutors Into Dismissing the Eric Adams Charges
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Emil Bove Revived His Career Defending Trump. Now He’s Upending the Justice Department.
Lawyer Emil Bove went from a dreary Manhattan courtroom to upending the Justice Department in a matter of days. Fresh from ...
The Letter From Emil Bove Accepting Danielle Sassoon’s Resignation, Annotated
A letter f III, acting deputy attorney general, accepting the resignation of Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s acting U.S.
Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump’s former lawyer in scathing letter
A federal prosecutor assigned to the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned Friday in a blistering ...
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 ...
Prosecutor quits after order to drop corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams
The prosecutor wrote a resignation letter to acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove in which he accuses the official of ...
DOJ official targeting Jan. 6 investigators worked on those cases himself
The No. 2 acting official at the DOJ, Emil Bove, has been shaking up the agency and its past work on the 2021 Capitol riot. But he also has his own history with Jan. 6 cases. Support NPR and hear ...
Trump Official’s Demand in Adams Case Forces Justice Dept. Showdown
A crisis at the department over the Eric Adams case is an early test of the criminal justice system’s resilience against a ...