Hagan Scotten, lead Adams’ prosecutor, resigns telling DOJ only a ‘coward’ will follow order to drop case
One of the lead prosecutors handling the sweeping public corruption case against Mayor Adams resigned on Friday — in a ...
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Adams’s Lead Prosecutor Quits Defiantly: ‘It Was Never Going to Be Me’
Hagan Scotten told Justice Department officials that he would not be party to a political prosecution. He was the latest in a succession of federal prosecutors to quit. By Jonah E. Bromwich ...
Another New York federal prosecutor resigns over DOJ order to dismiss Eric Adams case
The battle between New York federal prosecutors and the Justice Department continued Friday following another resignation ...
Rebellion at Trump's DOJ Over Eric Adams Cheered by Conservative Attorney
President Donald Trump 's Department of Justice (DOJ) is grappling with mass resignations following the department's push to ...
Another prosecutor resigns in latest fallout from Justice Department turmoil over NYC mayor's case
Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten wrote to Justice Department leaders it would take a “fool” or a “coward” to dismiss the ...
Trump DOJ Resignations: List of Prosecutors and Officials Quitting in Protest
On Friday, federal prosecutor Hagan Scotten became the seventh official to resign in protest at the Justice Department, which ...
Justice Department moves to drop case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
Following the departure of several federal prosecutors, the Department of Justice moved to dismiss corruption charges against ...
DOJ will need ‘fool,' ‘coward' to toss Eric Adams case, says seventh prosecutor to resign over order
Emil Bove, the top DOJ official who told prosecutors to dismiss the case against New York’s mayor, represented Donald Trump ...
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Read prosecutor’s resignation letter in N.Y. Mayor Eric Adams’s bribery case
Read the resignation letter of Hagan Scotten, the lead prosecutor in Mayor Eric Adams’s federal corruption case. Scotten has quit over the Justice Department’s demand that the case be ...
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AUSA, who worked on Adams case, resigns in sharply worded letter to DOJ
Hagan Scotten, an assistant U.S. attorney with the ... "You indicated that the prosecution team is aware of your communications with the Justice Department, is supportive of your approach, and ...