Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump's former lawyer in scathing letter

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Source: cnn


A federal prosecutor assigned to the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned Friday in a blistering letter that accused top leaders at the Justice Department of looking for a “fool” to dismiss the criminal charges.

The attorney, Hagan Scotten, is the seventh person to resign over the calamitous effort to dismiss charges against Adams. Scotten was a line prosecutor on the case and had been placed on administrative leave Thursday for refusing to sign off on its dismissal.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/politics/justice-department-eric-adams-case-new-york-southern-district/index.html

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prosecutord showing they have morals. anyone that actually does drop the case should be disbarred

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. I love this letter

This is a truly amazing resignation letter

Link to tweet

This last line made me smile

[Ocelot II]

2. An interesting thing about Scotten is that he clerked for Kavanaugh

(before he went to SCOTUS), and for CJ Roberts.

[sop]

3. Justice Department leadership's justification for seeking to dismiss the case?

Dropping the charges would allow Adams to devote his “full attention and resources” to combating illegal immigration, and to his 2025 reelection campaign.

[GP6971]

4. Locking per Host Consensus. Dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143396313