The Trump administration ordered the prosecution of New York Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped, so several assistant U.S. attorneys simply quit.

Sassoon wrote in her letter obtained by The Associated Press that the directive to drop the charges issued by Bove would violate her sworn duty to uphold the law.

Another key prosecutor has resigned in the Manhattan federal prosecutor's office as the fallout continues over the Justice ...

Hagan Scotten said he was never directed to dismiss the charges from head SDNY attorney Danielle Sassoon in a hostile letter to acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.

The prosecutor wrote a resignation letter to acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove in which he accuses the official of ...

Bove said prosecutors indicted Adams too close to the election and may have targeted him because of his criticism of the ...

"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 to be me." ...

Another prosecutor in the case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has quit in light of the Justice Department ...

Hagan Scotten is yet another Assistant United States Attorney to submit his resignation to the Justice Department.

One of two assistant U.S. attorneys who was working on the Eric Adams corruption case has resigned from his position in a ...

Danielle Sassoon, a Republican serving as interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced her ...

The acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned from her position in a letter to the ...