Summary
Hagan Scotten, a top federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, resigned in protest over the DOJ’s dismissal of corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
In a scathing letter to Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, Scotten condemned the move as politically motivated, stating, “Our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials.”
He added, “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
His resignation follows that of U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, who accused the Trump administration of entering into a “quid pro quo” with NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
These people have the memory of a goldfish. Resignations were the main way he got the vacancies to fill with collaborators in his first term
Sure, but if they are fired with cause they probably lose some benefits. Just because they can’t bring themselves to do Trump’s bidding doesn’t mean they’re willing to lose their pension or something.
Trust him, he will, in record time. If there’s one thing this motherfucker is good at is finding completely unqualified and unfit people.
Exactly. Why not stay in the role and obstruct injustice? They could always sue the US Government for wrongful termination.
Because he didn’t have the spine to do it.
Yeah, excuse him for having sense and morals unlike the shitstain of an administration that we have.
This is, literally, what they want. Making it uncomfortable so people leave on their own and can be replaced with loyalists. They were open about it before the election. Damn, Americans are naive…
Yeah, make them fire you ffs. Just do a shitty job and make mistakes that are sure to get rejected. Gum up the works as long as you can.
This stepping down in protest to let them replace you with a lap dog isn’t helping anything.
“DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE! RESIST!”
:pre-emptively resigns:
Seriously. Delay it as long as you can before demanding that they fire you.
