Trump’s Justice Department order to drop charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams sparks mass resignations

Several senior Ministry of Justice Officials resigned in protest on Thursday, instead of fulfilling the order to drop a bribes against the New York Mayor Eric Adams.

The resistance files came in the middle of President Donald Trump’s efforts to revise the agency he said that it was dependent on political opponents, reported Reuters.

The six resignations include the reigning US lawyer of Manhattan, Danielle Sasso, and Trump’s election to temporarily lead the office, who followed Adams, who resigned on Thursday, as from the Memorandum of the Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, a Trump -Rennungs, leaves.

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“I am amazed by the rushed and superficial process through which this decision was made,” Sassoon wrote in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Adams, a democrat who said he had been targeted by the Biden administration, was ready to work together with the Trump government’s approach to contain illegal immigration. Adams did not guilty to give an indictment that he accepted bribes from Turkish officials.

“Instead of being rewarded, Adams’ advocacy should be called for what it is: an improper offer for the support of the immigration authority in exchanging his case,” wrote Sassoon to Bondi.

Alex Spiro, Adam’s lawyer, said in an e -mail to Reuters that the indictment against his client was a “appearance”.

“If Sdny had any evidence that the mayor destroyed evidence, they would have raised these charges – as they would have threatened again and again, but not for months and months,” Spiro wrote. “This latest false assertion is only the farewell admission of misguided law enforcement, which is exposed to as a fraudster.”

In his Thursday memo, Bove wrote that Sassoon refused to correspond to what he described as the knowledge of his office that the case against Adams was the weapons of the judicial system.

“Your resignation will be accepted … You have lost sight of the oath that you took at the start of the doj,” he wrote.

“Your office has no authority to deny gun research,” wrote Bove, Trump’s former lawyer for personal criminal lawyers. “The Ministry of Justice will not tolerate insubordination.”

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After Sassoon refused to dismiss the case, the Trump government John Keller, the incumbent head of the public corruption department of the Ministry of Justice, pointed out according to people who were familiar with the matter.

Keller also resigned on Thursday, two people who were familiar with the matter, and Kevin Driscoll, a high -ranking civil servant in the department Criminal department.

Three other members of the public corruption unit of the Ministry of Justice – Rob Heberle, Jenn Clarke and Marco Palmieri – also resigned on the Adams case on Thursday, said a person familiar with the matter.

An official of the Ministry of Justice confirmed Keller and Driscoll’s resignation and did not immediately answer the other three when asked for comments.

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Fox News Digital turned to the White House. Since taking office in January, Trump fired More than a dozen federal prosecutors who pursued cases against him.

In an explanation of Fox News, Bove said that he came to the conclusion that the prosecution against Adams had to be rejected in order to “prioritize national security and public security because he continues a case that continues from the start through disturbing tactics was spoiled “.

“There is no place in the Ministry of Justice for lawyers who refuse to perform the priorities of the executive department – priorities of the American people,” he said. “I look forward to working together with the new leadership at SDNY on the important priorities that President Trump has set for us to make America safe again.”

David Spunt from Fox News contributed to this report.