Acting US attorney in New York and five others quit after being told to drop Eric Adams case

[jerrymahoney]

Three senior Justice Department officials in New York and Washington resigned Thursday instead of complying with orders from the Trump administration to dismiss the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

 

The flurry of resignations in protest represents the sharpest rebuke to date of the President Donald Trump’s team leading the Justice Department, which has spent its opening weeks in office firing prosecutors connected to the cases against Trump and demanding information about the thousands of FBI agents involved in the investigations of the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

 

In an eight-page letter, Danielle Sassoon quit her post as acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York instead of dropping the Adams case, saying the New York mayor’s attorneys “repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo” to help Trump on immigration if the case was dropped.

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/13/politics/danielle-sassoon-eric-adams-us-attorney/index.html

 

NB Ms. Sassoon was former law clerk for Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.

[bannork]

Every day Trump shows his utter moral bankruptcy ( apart from his financial ones).

From the violent insurrectionists of Jan 6th, through the corrupt NY Mayor to the evil and mass murderer, Putin, all can be forgiven and rewarded if they help Trump 

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It's notable that the prosecutor was ordered to request that the case be dismissed without prejudice. What that means is that the charges against Adams could be revived anytime. In other words, it's a way to coerce Adams into cooperating with the Trump administration.

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5 hours ago, placeholder said:

It's notable that the prosecutor was ordered to request that the case be dismissed without prejudice. What that means is that the charges against Adams could be revived anytime. In other words, it's a way to coerce Adams into cooperating with the Trump administration.

In Sassoon's letter of resignation, she accused Bove of not studying the case before directing her to ask for dismissal without prejudice. In reply, not only did Bove claim he had studied the case closely, but also questioned its legitimacy. In fact he wrote that he was now going to launch an investigation of how the case was arrived at. He claims there was possible malfeasance on the part of the prosecutors. This makes no sense. You don't first propose to ask for a dismissal of a case without prejudice then turn around and say it's a bad case. At least you don't do that if you're a competent lawyer. And Bove is certainly a very competent lawyer. But if your boss is clueless, then this is the position can find yourself in, flypapering yourself with lies.

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Now this is how to give the corrupt Trump administration the finger. Here's an excerpt from the resignation letter of the chief prosecutor in the Adams case. It's about the corrupt use of dismissal without prejudice.

 

"But any assistant U.S.attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial powerto influence other citizens,
much less elected officials, in this way. If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going tobe me."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/seventh-doj-official-resigns-warns-trump-use-charges-leverage-nyc-mayo-rcna192240

 

[Digitalbanana]

On 2/14/2025 at 10:01 AM, placeholder said:

It's notable that the prosecutor was ordered to request that the case be dismissed without prejudice. What that means is that the charges against Adams could be revived anytime. In other words, it's a way to coerce Adams into cooperating with the Trump administration.

Quid pro quo = illegal.

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5 hours ago, placeholder said:

Now this is how to give the corrupt Trump administration the finger. Here's an excerpt from the resignation letter of the chief prosecutor in the Adams case. It's about the corrupt use of dismissal without prejudice.

 

"But any assistant U.S.attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial powerto influence other citizens,
much less elected officials, in this way. If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going tobe me."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/seventh-doj-official-resigns-warns-trump-use-charges-leverage-nyc-mayo-rcna192240

 

It should be noted that Hagen Scotten, the author of this, is a second rate typical lefty lawyyer 3 who has done nothing in the way of service for his country...oh wait a minute...

"Scotten is an Army veteran who earned two Bronze medals serving in Iraq as a Special Forces troop commander. He graduated from Harvard Law School at the top of his class in 2010 and clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts."

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/new-york-city-attorney-adams-trump/2025/02/14/id/1199178/

[jerrymahoney]

That's like former US Attorney Danielle Sassoon is a lefty pinko who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

[Yagoda]

A career is important to a lawyer. They all just whored themselves into partnerships with some white shoe law firm attached to the Democrat crime organization.

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16 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

A career is important to a lawyer. They all just whored themselves into partnerships with some white shoe law firm attached to the Democrat crime organization.

Thanks for the idiocy. Both Sassoon and Scotten have the kind of elite resumes that would have long since gottem them top positions in elite white shoe law firms if that is what they were looking for.

[Yagoda]

18 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Thanks for the idiocy. Both Sassoon and Scotten have the kind of elite resumes that would have long since gottem them top positions in elite white shoe law firms if that is what they were looking for.

How many Law Firm hiring decisions have you participated in? How long have you participated in the local political process in a major US city as it intertwines with national politics and major law firm partnerships?

 

You never have.  Accordingly, your comment is, as usual, ignorant babbling fueled by your extreme anti-Americanism, irrational deranged Trump hate and ego needs requiring flames.

[JAG]

56 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

A career is important to a lawyer. They all just whored themselves into partnerships with some white shoe law firm attached to the Democrat crime organization.

A remarkable, and revealing suggestion, especially as Danielle Sassoon is rather an attractive young lady!

 

The suggestion that she is a whore says far more about you than it ever does about her.

 

 

[Yagoda]

1 minute ago, JAG said:

A remarkable, and revealing suggestion, especially as Danielle Sassoon is rather an attractive young lady!

 

The suggestion that she is a whore says far more about you than it ever does about her.

 

 

All lawyers are whores. Dont play defender of women, you support the trans agenda right?

[madone]

7 minutes ago, JAG said:

A remarkable, and revealing suggestion, especially as Danielle Sassoon is rather an attractive young lady!

 

The suggestion that she is a whore says far more about you than it ever does about her.

 

 

I'd say the fact that you are taking the statement "whored themselves into partnerships" and turning it on its side to fit your agenda says plenty about you and your willingness to virtue signal while twisting meaning beyond all recognition. 

Danielle Sassoon was not directly mentioned nor has anyone but you associated her with the word whore. 

nice try though.

[JAG]

1 minute ago, Yagoda said:

All lawyers are whores. Dont play defender of women, you support the trans agenda right?

You really are a piece of work, remarking about a particularly offensive slur you made about a woman ( and yes I do defend her against it) does not make me in any way a supporter of the trans agenda, and especially of your twisted and bizarrely hate filled interpretation of it.

 

[JAG]

3 minutes ago, madone said:

Id say the fact that you are taking the statement "whored themselves into partnerships" and turning it on its side to fit your agenda says plenty about you. Danielle Sassoon was not mentioned nor has anyone but you associated her with the  word whore. 

nice try though.

Read @Yagoda's reaction to my comment. I would say it leaves no doubt whatsoever that he was referring to Danielle Sassoon.

[Yagoda]

5 minutes ago, JAG said:

You really are a piece of work, remarking about a particularly offensive slur you made about a woman ( and yes I do defend her against it) does not make me in any way a supporter of the trans agenda, and especially of your twisted and bizarrely hate filled interpretation of it.

 

You a lawyer LOL?

 

Ill be the first one to defend the need for such sharks but am mature to recognize they are all whores. Take your teddy bear and sensitivity home snowflake.

[Hummin]

13 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

All lawyers are whores. Dont play defender of women, you support the trans agenda right?

How many times you going to call lawyer whores in this tread?

 

Unbelievable you still allowed on this forum.

[madone]

10 minutes ago, JAG said:

Read @Yagoda's reaction to my comment. I would say it leaves no doubt whatsoever that he was referring to Danielle Sassoon.

 

Actually, it is not clear at all.

while I believe Yagoda is a waste of skin and bandwidth, they called you out for your duplicity.
 

21 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

All lawyers are whores. Dont play defender of women, you support the trans agenda right?

 

[SunnyinBangrak]

NY attorneys quitting now yet happily watched the bonkers lawfare against Trump? Morals, ethics, logic, all thrown out the window. NY is in real trouble

[Hummin]

2 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

NY attorneys quitting now yet happily watched the bonkers lawfare against Trump? Morals, ethics, logic, all thrown out the window. NY is in real trouble

Because of Don's revenge against all critics and those who legally tried stop him from becoming what he is now.

 

Remember

 

Vote for me now, and you never need to vote again! 

 

Donald Trump 2024

[JAG]

1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

You a lawyer LOL?

 

Ill be the first one to defend the need for such sharks but am mature to recognize they are all whores. Take your teddy bear and sensitivity home snowflake.

All you can do is turn to abuse!

[scottiejohn]

1 minute ago, JAG said:

All you can do is turn to abuse!

Which it does on every forum it has the misfortune to post in!

[JAG]

53 minutes ago, madone said:

 

Actually, it is not clear at all.

while I believe Yagoda is a waste of skin and bandwidth, they called you out for your duplicity.
 

 

No duplicity in what I said, @Yagoda said it, and has reiterated it several others; you however perhaps  demonstrate some considerable duplicity in suggesting that he said no such thing!

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1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

How many Law Firm hiring decisions have you participated in? How long have you participated in the local political process in a major US city as it intertwines with national politics and major law firm partnerships?

 

You never have.  Accordingly, your comment is, as usual, ignorant babbling fueled by your extreme anti-Americanism, irrational deranged Trump hate and ego needs requiring flames.

More idiocy. Do we need any more proof that you are not an American? If you were an American, you would know how prestigious it is to be a clerk for a supreme Court justice. Both these attorneys were. clerks for Supreme Court justices.  In addition, both graduated from an elite University. One graduated magna cum  laude and the other the top of his class. Please stop trying to pose as an American. You aren't fooling anybody.

[Yagoda]

5 minutes ago, placeholder said:

Both these attorneys were. clerks for Supreme Court justices. 

Which ones.

 

7 minutes ago, placeholder said:

In addition, both graduated from an elite University.

As many attorneys do

 

It's all value added after that, and the value is the politics

[Yagoda]

9 minutes ago, JAG said:

No duplicity in what I said, @Yagoda said it, and has reiterated it several others; you however perhaps  demonstrate some considerable duplicity in suggesting that he said no such thing!

Don't fight over what I said. Lawyers are all whores. Just more expensive ones.

 

Clear?

[Yagoda]

15 minutes ago, JAG said:

All you can do is turn to abuse!

You don't think to be a lawyer is to be a whore?

[madone]

Just now, JAG said:

No duplicity in what I said, @Yagoda said it, and has reiterated it several others; you however perhaps  demonstrate some considerable duplicity in suggesting that he said no such thing!

Say what you will. 

 

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All lawyers are whores (Yagoda on multiple occasions)

 

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Danielle Sassoon is rather an attractive young lady!

 

The suggestion that she is a whore says far more about you than it ever does about her.

 

 

 

it is you and only you who brings her name into it and applies the term to her. 

 

I disagree with pretty much everything Yagoda says, but I don't feel the need to fabricate offenses or twist meaning.  

 

Whored in this context implies a mercenary, to the highest bidder for personal gain ethos, it is you alone who brings gender and alternative meaning into the conversation. 

[JAG]

6 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Don't fight over what I said. Lawyers are all whores. Just more expensive ones.

 

Clear?

1) don't presume to tell me what I can think or post.

 

2) on second thoughts, as a single white male living in Cambodia you may be qualified to ruminate on prices...