US Attorney Quits Over Order To Drop Adams’ Charges

The New York Times reports:

Manhattan’s acting U.S. attorney resigned on Thursday after the Justice Department ordered her to drop a corruption case against New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.

The resignation of the U.S. attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, after the order to dismiss the charges just weeks into President Trump’s second term called into doubt the independence of federal prosecutors under his administration.

A spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office did not immediately comment. An official with the Justice Department in Washington declined to comment. Ms. Sassoon, who had supported the case against Mr. Adams, notified her office of her decision in a brief email at about 2 p.m.

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