It is worth noting that #DanielleSassoon, the former head of the Manhattan prosecutor’s office, said there was indeed a #QuidProQuo offered by #EricAdams’s lawyer in a meeting she attended, & that one of her prosecutors took notes & got scolded for doing so by #EmilBove, who had the notes collected at the end of the meeting.

The judge then turns to #EmilBove’s order to the acting US attorney in Manhattan, #DanielleSassoon, instructing her to abandon the case. The judge asks whether Ho can consider what is in the memo, & Bove says “no.” He says that case #law suggests that Ho does not have the discretion to do so, even as he acknowledges whether a judge is entitled to inquire whether the order was made “in bad faith.”

#EmilBove concedes that #EricAdams can have his security clearance restored even if the case proceeds undermines a central contention in his argument for the case’s dismissal.

In his Feb 13 letter to #DanielleSassoon, the first US atty who resigned, Bove wrote that a lack of security clearance meant, “He cannot speak to federal officials regarding imminent security threats to the city.…This situation is unacceptable & directly endangers the lives of millions of New Yorkers.”

The letter, dated Feb 17, comes days after a slew of career prosecutors resigned over the #DOJ's decision to drop its case against NYC mayor #EricAdams so that Adams can assist #Trump on #immigration.

#DanielleSassoon, the fmr acting head of the US attorney's office in Manhattan & one of the officials who resigned, described the deal as a "#QuidProQuo" in a letter last week to AG #PamBondi.

Cheung’s departure as the top supervisor overseeing federal #criminal cases for the US attorney’s office in DC marks the latest shake-up of key federal prosecutors’ offices under the #Trump admin. At least 7 senior US public #corruption prosecutors resigned last week, including interim Manhattan US atty #DanielleSassoon & a top deputy, after #EmilBove ordered the dismissal of corruption charges against NYC Mayor #EricAdams because he agreed to support the admIn’s anti-#immigration policies.
#law

It was #EmilBove who on Mon ordered the US atty in Manhattan, #DanielleSassoon, to move to dismiss the case. She refused &, yesterday, resigned. Several other #DOJ prosecutors also resigned rather than put their names on the motion to dismiss. Now, at the end of the week, #Bove’s own signature is on the motion.

The judge in the case, Dale Ho, will have the opportunity to question the DOJ ofcls, if he chooses to do so, about why to end the prosecution against Mayor #EricAdams.

Who is Danielle Sassoon, the prosecutor who stood up to Trump's DOJ over Eric Adams' case?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/who-is-danielle-sassoon-prosecutor-who-stood-up-trumps-doj-over-eric-adams-case-2025-02-14/ #DanielleSassoon #EmileBove #Trump #DOJ #resistance #politics #corruption

In a letter to AG #PamBondi on Wed, #DanielleSassoon said that prosecutors in her office had been prepared to seek a new indictment of the mayor, “based on evidence that Adams destroyed & instructed others to destroy evidence & provide false information to the FBI, & that would add further factual allegations regarding his participation in a fraudulent straw donor scheme.”

NEW: At least three MORE #DOJ #PublicIntegrity division senior ofcls have resigned after a meeting w/ #Trump’s acting dpty AG #EmilBove about the dismissal of #EricAdams #corruption case.

That’s a total of 6 officials who resigned, triple the number that happened during the Nixon #SaturdayNightMassacre.

#DanielleSassoon also said #EmilBove had scolded a member of her team for taking notes during the meeting & ordered that the notes be collected at the meeting’s end.

Bove accepted Sassoon’s resignation in his own 8pg letter Thurs, in which he blasted her handling of the case & decision to disobey his order.
He told her the prosecutors who had worked on the case against #EricAdams were being placed on leave because they, too, were unwilling to obey his order.

#law #Trump
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/7c71f04757006735/05b1f604-full.pdf

“I therefore deem it necessary to the faithful discharge of my duties to raise the concerns expressed in this letter with you & to request an opportunity to meet to discuss them further,” #DanielleSassoon wrote.

Sassoon, 38, said in her letter that the mayor’s attys“repeatedly urged what amounted to a #QuidProQuo, indicating that #EricAdams would be in a position to assist w/the #DOJ’s enforcement priorities only if the indictment were dismissed.”

#law #EmilBove #Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/nyregion/danielle-sassoon-quit-eric-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#DanielleSassoon, in a remarkable letter addressed to AG #PamBondi, said #EmilBove’s order to dismiss the case was “inconsistent with my ability & duty to prosecute federal crimes without fear or favor & to advance good-faith arguments before the courts.”

“I have always considered it my obligation to pursue justice impartially, without favor to the wealthy or those who occupy important public office, or harsher treatment for the less powerful,” she said.

letter via NYT:
https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/24535586a908999e/3801d435-full.pdf

Acting dpty AG #EmilBove ordered #DanielleSassoon’s office to drop the charges on Mon, saying a potential trial would come too close to when #EricAdams is seeking reelection & the case could hinder his ability to focus on *fighting* [doing] #crime & illegal #immigration.

But prosecutors so far have not asked the trial judge to dismiss the case. If NY prosecutors refused to do so, it’s possible that #DOJ ofcls would send prosecutors from the #PublicIntegrity section to make the request instead.

The top federal prosecutor in NY & 2 senior #DOJ officials have resigned after a demand by the #Trump admin to drop #corruption charges against NY Mayor #EricAdams, people familiar w/the resignations said.

#DanielleSassoon, the acting US attorney in #SDNY, resigned after refusing to comply w/the controversial order…. Her resignation was confirmed by Nick Biase, a spox for the Southern District, but he did not address the reason.