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Seventh Prosecutor in Eric Adams Case Resigns Over Demand to Drop Charges, Saying Only a ‘Fool’ or ‘Coward’ Would Comply

  • A federal prosecutor, Hagan Scotten, resigned, accusing the Justice Department of seeking someone to dismiss charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
  • Scotten criticized the use of prosecutorial power to manipulate elected officials as unjust, stating that such practices are against the laws and traditions.
  • Adams faces multiple federal charges, including bribery, and has pleaded not guilty to all allegations.
  • Following Scotten's resignation, acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon and several other prosecutors quit in protest against the DOJ's orders to dismiss the case.
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No ‘fool’: Another New York prosecutor quits over order to nix mayor graft case

NEW YORK, Feb 15 — A top prosecutor who brought corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams resigned yesterday, saying only a “fool” or a “coward” would comply with a Trump Justice Department demand to drop the case. Hagan Scotten, an assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New York, is the latest federal prosecutor to quit this week in protest over the extraordinary request. Scotten’s boss, Danielle Sassoon, the acting US at…

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Prosecutor in Mayor Adams case says only 'fool' or 'coward' would agree to dismiss charges

Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten issued a scathing letter to acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove arguing only a "fool" or a "coward" would agree to sign off on the case's dismissal.

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Seventh DOJ official resigns, warns Trump could use charges as leverage over NYC mayor Eric Adams

A letter from one federal prosecutor explains why the new administration is facing one of the largest Justice Department mass resignations since Watergate.

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"Find a coward to file your motion": Adams prosecutor resigns after being asked to drop charges

Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten is the latest to resign rather than dismiss charges against Adams.

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Lead Prosecutor in Adams Case Resigns With Scathing Letter: Not ‘Enough of a Fool or Enough of a Coward To File Your Motion’

On Monday, the acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, issued a memo to prosecutors at Manhattan ordering that they dismiss the corruption case.

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A lead prosecutor in Eric Adams' corruption case resigned in a stunning letter

On Friday, Hagan Scotten became the seventh federal prosecutor assigned to New York Mayor Eric Adams’ corruption case to resign, after he refused the Justice Department’s order to dismiss the case. “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion,” Scotten wrote in a fiery, letter obtained by the New York Times. “But it was never going to be me.” Scotten’s departure follows similar ac…

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