Danielle Sassoon, the federal prosecutor for Manhattan, resigned due to a Justice Department directive to drop charges against Mayor Eric Adams, alleging politically motivated quid pro quo. Her resignation prompted others within the DOJ to follow suit. Notably, experts compared this situation to historical events such as Watergate, questioning the motives behind the dismissal order. The robustness of the underlying indictment against Adams was noted, suggesting that the case had strong evidence despite the directive from Washington, raising concerns regarding the politicization of justice.
This appeared to be a very well-grounded case... The indictment looked like a very straight-up indictment, which informed everything that came after.
The demand from Washington to drop the prosecution was very unusual... It was just this really sort of crass political pressure.
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