Posted on 02/15/2025 2:05:47 AM PST by Libloather
A seventh prosecutor resigned Friday rather than heed the Justice Department’s order to toss Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case — and suggested only a “fool” or “coward” would comply on his way out.
Hagan Scotten — an assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York and the lead prosecutor on the case — said in a scathing resignation letter that dismissing the bribery, corruption and other charges against Adams was a “serious mistake” that keeps Hizzoner beholden to President Trump.
“Any assistant US attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials, in this way,” Scotten fumed.
“If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion,” he added.
“But it was never going to be me.”
Scotten blasted the Trump DOJ’s “dismissal-with-leverage” proposal — admittedly made without considering how strong the evidence is that Adams took Turkish bribes — as an unlawful ploy to force the mayor to comply with Trump’s immigration agenda.
“No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives,” he wrote in the one-page missive.
The prosecutor and veteran, who served three combat tours in Iraq as a US Army Special Forces officer, added that he could understand how Trump, “whose background is in business and politics, might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal” — but that the DOJ lawyers should know better.
Scotten’s blistering memo came the day after...
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
B!@#$ set me up.
Just 7 people?
They make it sound like it is a million quitting in protest...
Grok says there are just over 5000 Federal prosecutors, so 7 is nothing. Probably an average week’s turnover.
This is gross hypocrisy. They have been using “the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials, in this way” for DECADES.
Adams is not accused of gross corruption. He MAY be guilty of the minor fraud that almost every elected official in large cities is guilty of - getting nice treatment from someone who wants him to just DO HIS JOB and cut the crap city agencies give because THEY want to be bribed!
If the mayor had played ball with Biden, there would have been no charges. When he objected to the illegals, the hammer fell. And these supposedly pure, caring, honest DAs went along with Biden.
Good riddance!
Only a part of the article is applicable: "Any assistant US attorney would know that our laws and traditions ...." allow for dismissals and reduced prosecution used in order to investigate and prosecute BIGGER FISH.
The bigger fish to fry are fleeing the scene, fearing to be seen.
Dems don’t like it when their political, corrupt lawfare gets stopped.
What self-serving drivel from a swamp creature.
Good bye to bad rubbish
Notice that the sudden interest in Adams only came from the Feds after he broke with Biden over illegal immigration.
Byeeee!
Barry also had an array of civil rights icons, reverends, and black community leaders sitting behind him at trial.
Let me see, federal prosecutors NEVER plea bargain away a prosecution in order to get help on a different prosecution, never, right?? /sarc
And what exactly is the prosecution of criminal illegals in New York City? A priorty over the Adams case is the way the DOJ sees it.
Like this is gnu ?
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0924/New-Black-Panther-Party-voter-intimidation-case-Bombshell-for-Obama
Justice Department attorneys dropped charges against two New Black Panther Party members who brandished a nightstick at a Philadelphia polling place in 2008.
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/government-corruption/libya-arms-dealer-clintons-obama
Obama DOJ Drops Charges Against Indicted Arms Dealer After He Threatened to Expose Clinton’s Crimes
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