The Justice Department's order to dismiss charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams triggered a series of resignations Thursday and ignited a feud between top Trump appointees and career prosecutors.
Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan's acting U.S. attorney, resigned on Thursday rather than obey a Justice Department order that she drop a corruption case against New York City's mayor, Eric Adams, that she had championed, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
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