In his suit, Donlon claims in his brief time in the #NYPD to have “uncovered systemic #corruption & #criminal conduct being perpetrated by the NYPD’s leadership.” He says that when he reported his findings to the mayor, #EricAdams “condoned the misconduct,” allowing the wrongdoing to continue.

The commissioner, Thomas G. Donlon, a fmr #FBI ofcl, was appointed in the fall of 2024 to stabilize a shaky #NYPD that had been micromanaged by Mayor #EricAdams, a fmr captain on the force. Donlon stepped down weeks into the job after federal agents searched his home for #ClassifiedDocuments in an unrelated investigation.

…#EmilBove also faced sharp questions about his ordering the dismissal of #EricAdams’ corruption case, which led to the resignation of a top prosecutor in New York & several other #DOJ officials. #DanielleSassoon, then-interim #USattorney for the #SDNY, cited her objections to what she called a political “#QuidProQuo” with Adams’ legal team for the mayor to enforce #Trump’s #immigration policies only if he was freed from the looming prosecution.

It is worth noting that #DanielleSassoon, the former head of the Manhattan prosecutor’s office, said there was indeed a #QuidProQuo offered by #EricAdams’s lawyer in a meeting she attended, & that one of her prosecutors took notes & got scolded for doing so by #EmilBove, who had the notes collected at the end of the meeting.

The judge then turns to #EmilBove’s order to the acting US attorney in Manhattan, #DanielleSassoon, instructing her to abandon the case. The judge asks whether Ho can consider what is in the memo, & Bove says “no.” He says that case #law suggests that Ho does not have the discretion to do so, even as he acknowledges whether a judge is entitled to inquire whether the order was made “in bad faith.”

#EmilBove concedes that #EricAdams can have his security clearance restored even if the case proceeds undermines a central contention in his argument for the case’s dismissal.

In his Feb 13 letter to #DanielleSassoon, the first US atty who resigned, Bove wrote that a lack of security clearance meant, “He cannot speak to federal officials regarding imminent security threats to the city.…This situation is unacceptable & directly endangers the lives of millions of New Yorkers.”

The letter, dated Feb 17, comes days after a slew of career prosecutors resigned over the #DOJ's decision to drop its case against NYC mayor #EricAdams so that Adams can assist #Trump on #immigration.

#DanielleSassoon, the fmr acting head of the US attorney's office in Manhattan & one of the officials who resigned, described the deal as a "#QuidProQuo" in a letter last week to AG #PamBondi.

Cheung’s departure as the top supervisor overseeing federal #criminal cases for the US attorney’s office in DC marks the latest shake-up of key federal prosecutors’ offices under the #Trump admin. At least 7 senior US public #corruption prosecutors resigned last week, including interim Manhattan US atty #DanielleSassoon & a top deputy, after #EmilBove ordered the dismissal of corruption charges against NYC Mayor #EricAdams because he agreed to support the admIn’s anti-#immigration policies.
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It was #EmilBove who on Mon ordered the US atty in Manhattan, #DanielleSassoon, to move to dismiss the case. She refused &, yesterday, resigned. Several other #DOJ prosecutors also resigned rather than put their names on the motion to dismiss. Now, at the end of the week, #Bove’s own signature is on the motion.

The judge in the case, Dale Ho, will have the opportunity to question the DOJ ofcls, if he chooses to do so, about why to end the prosecution against Mayor #EricAdams.

Who is Danielle Sassoon, the prosecutor who stood up to Trump's DOJ over Eric Adams' case?

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/who-is-danielle-sassoon-prosecutor-who-stood-up-trumps-doj-over-eric-adams-case-2025-02-14/ #DanielleSassoon #EmileBove #Trump #DOJ #resistance #politics #corruption