Adams Pardon Protested by USAG Resignation, Accusations

first, this thread is not about Pam Bondi's case against NY or Illinois. it should not be merged into that thread.

multiple, highly decorated seasoned prosecutors have resigned over hte decision to set a fellow grifter free under the auspice that prosecution of a criminal cannot proceed if the criminal decides to run for public office.

that was the justification that the corrupted doj gave for dropping the charges against the grifter in NY

if this volume and quality of resignation doesn't tell you that the charges wer elegit then you are choosing to remain willfully ignorant

lots of other criminals just got a big break as the prosecutors office will now be in chaos, all so the head crook can reinforce his belief that no politician running for office should ever be subject to prosecution or maybe it's just that grifting isn't really a crime. Justice Thomas agrees

Trump DOJ's order to drop Eric Adams case sparks mass resignations

Six senior Justice Department officials, including Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, resigned on Thursday rather than comply with an order to dismiss corruption charges against New York City's mayor, according to internal Justice Department letters seen by Reuters and people familiar with the matter. The departures mark a sign of resistance from career Justice Department officials to President Donald Trump's efforts to overhaul the agency to end what he calls its weaponization against political opponents. Critics say Trump's changes threaten to subject criminal prosecutions to political whims.

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, a Trump appointee. Bove had ordered Sassoon to dismiss the case on Monday, in what legal experts called an effort by Trump administration officials to assert control over a prosecutor's office that has long prided itself on independence from politics.
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According to a person briefed on the matter, after Sassoon refused to dismiss the case, the Trump administration directed John Keller, the acting head of the Justice Department's public corruption unit, to do so.

Keller also resigned on Thursday, two people familiar with the matter said. Kevin Driscoll, a senior official in the department's criminal division, has also resigned, one of the people said. Three other deputies in the Justice Department's public corruption unit - Rob Heberle, Jenn Clarke, and Marco Palmieri - also resigned on Thursday over the orders to dismiss the Adams case, a person familiar with the matter said.

 

more from the prosecutor who resigned and the Abrams tour with Hoban and Hoban admitting the pardon was based on his cooperation with deporting people

'Brazen criminality': Allegations of 'quid pro quo' fly after border czar’s admission

President Donald Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, appeared on Fox News with Eric Adams on Friday morning in a lighthearted yet pointed exchange. As the pair and the hosts laughed, Homan made it clear that the deal struck with the New York City mayor comes with specific obligations for Adams. After Homan’s remarks aired, some critics argued that his comments suggest an explicit — and potentially unlawful — quid pro quo.

“If he doesn’t come through,” Homan chortled — but in what some viewed as a clear on-camera warning — “I’ll be back in New York City. And we won’t just be sitting on the couch. I’ll be in his office, up his butt, demanding, ‘Where the hell is the agreement we made?’”

Many across the nation were stunned this week when a senior U.S. Department of Justice official ordered the acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, to drop all federal corruption charges against Mayor Adams. The shock continued when an eight-page letter that Sassoon — a Trump appointee — had written, was released. It explained in detail what appears to be a rock-solid case against Adams, how it would be a violation of her oath not to continue the prosecution, and that the government “does not have a valid basis to seek dismissal.” It also exposed a possibly unlawful deal the feds made with the mayor.

 

MAGA - you have highly regard republican US AG intimately familiar with the case, one appointed by dear leader, resigning, along with her staff, and stating in very clear terms why and telling you the deal made was illegal.

you okay with all that?

going to ignore it?

going to disqualify the source?

 

Federal prosecutors in N.Y. officially move to dismiss Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case

Sassoon told U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi in a letter dated Feb. 12 that in a meeting last month with Bove and Adams’ attorney Alex Spiro, the mayor’s legal team “repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo, indicating that Adams would be in a position to assist with Department’s enforcement priorities only if the indictment were dismissed.” Bove also “admonished a member of my team who took notes during that meeting and directed the collection of those notes at the meeting’s conclusion,” Sassoon wrote.

 

MAGA noticeably absent

Are they tiring of trying to defend the indefensable?

 

Eric Adams pits the "Sovereign District of New York" against Trump's DOJ

The sudden exodus has put the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York—long known as the "Sovereign District of New York" because of its fierce independence—at the forefront of a brewing battle between President Donald Trump's political appointees at the DOJ and career federal prosecutors.
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At least seven prosecutors, including the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), resigned rather than obey the DOJ's order, which was issued by acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.
Danielle Sassoon, former acting head of the SDNY, submitted her resignation in a two-line letter Thursday. Then, after the Justice Department moved the case from SDNY to the federal public corruption unit in Washington, D.C., five prosecutors in that office, including its top two officials, John Keller and Kevin O. Driscoll, resigned.

The resignations were all the more noteworthy given that they came from people with glowing conservative credentials, some of whom, like Sassoon, were handpicked for the job by the Trump himself. In addition to working as a prosecutor, Sassoon clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, a legal giant among conservative constitutional scholars.

 

Deeply republican credentialed career prosecutors are telling you that maga is weaponinzing the DOJ for political purposes

MAGA , are you okay with that?

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tr...nservative-prosecutors-head-exits-2025-02-15/



Sassoon, 38, a member of the deeply conservative Federalist Society who was installed as acting U.S. Attorney in Manhattan on January 21, was one of at least a half-dozen Justice Department employees to resign over the Adams order.

Another who stepped down, according to a source familiar with the matter, Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten, also had a conservative legal pedigree, having clerked for Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, prior to his elevation to the high court during Trump's first term.

Ilya Somin, a libertarian legal scholar who is also a member of the Federalist Society, said Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove's directive to drop the Adams case was reflective of a shift in the nature of U.S. conservatism over the past decade that has shown less regard for the Constitution.

"There are disagreements between those who care about rule of law values, and those who are willing to subordinate themselves to other considerations," said Somin, a law professor at George Mason University. "This sets a dangerous precedent."