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.
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…
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At least there is one or two Republicans that have integrity.
Damn, that resignation letter is brutal and he’s put his career on it. If more republicans had this integrity I’d have to consider voting for some
If only the rest of their party cared about rule of law.
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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.
Being unqualified is basically a requirement to rise in the ranks in the GOP.
“DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE! RESIST!”
:pre-emptively resigns:
Seriously. Delay it as long as you can before demanding that they fire you.
Agree, especially for the leadership positions and positions of power. You have a higher responsibility when you’re in charge and you can actually fight back whereas subordinates usually just have to do their jobs.
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.
