Star Prosecutor in New York Upbraided by Justice Department for Defiant Resignation Over Order To Drop Charges Against Mayor Adams
The acting United States attorney prosecuting the case, Danielle Sassoon, resigns rather than heed the command to drop the effort to convict Adams.
A revolt is brewing at the Department of Justice against President Trump’s decision to dismiss criminal charges targeting Mayor Adams. The resignation of a prosecutorial prodigy, Danielle Sassoon, the acting United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, is a rebuke of Mr. Trump and his attorney general, Pam Bondi.
Ms. Sassoon, in turn, was rebuked by the acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, who also served as the president’s former defense attorney. As of this writing, no motion to dismiss the charges has been filed to the presiding judge, Dale Ho, of the federal court in the Southern District of New York, where the mayor was due to be tried.
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