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Three of the Manhattan federal prosecutors who worked on the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned Tuesday, accusing the Justice Department of trying to force them to admit wrongdoing in connection with their resistance to dropping the charges. "The Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directions of Washington," the prosecutors wrote in a letter to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche. "That is wrong."

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Breaking News: Three federal prosecutors who worked on the criminal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams said that they would resign rather than admit wrongdoing in refusing to abandon the case, according to an email obtained by The New York Times.

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-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) April 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM

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... The prosecutors, Celia Cohen, Andrew Rohrbach and Derek Wikstrom, had been placed on administrative leave in February after they, along with the then-acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, balked at accepting the Justice Department's orders to drop the five-count corruption case against the Democratic mayor. ...

"It is now clear that one of the preconditions you have placed on our returning to the Office is that we must express regret and admit some wrongdoing by the Office in connection with the refusal to move to dismiss the case," they wrote. "We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none."

A spokesperson for the Justice Department didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. ...

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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-22 03:43 PM | Reply

Bald-faced corruption from Trump, yet again

#2 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-04-22 04:08 PM | Reply

Democrats target Adams after he breaks the Democrat line and admits illegals are a problem.

Now, the prosecutors that willingly (probably gleefully) did the lawfare prosecution don't want to admit they did anything wrong as they don't want to open themselves up to prosecution. Get these losers out of government and positions of power.

#3 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-22 07:47 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

DEATH TO TYRANTS

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-22 10:14 PM | Reply

They're gonna sue and win for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Or as DOGE calls it, hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-23 06:46 PM | Reply

@#3 ... the prosecutors that willingly (probably gleefully) did the lawfare prosecution ...

Please explain the evidence your current alias has seen that convinced it this was a lawfare prosecution.

thx.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 06:52 PM | Reply

@#2 ... Bald-faced corruption from Trump, yet again ...

The very interesting part of this case, for me, resided in the "with prejudice" and "without prejudice" aspects.

The Trump DoJ originally wanted the case to be dismissed "without prejudice," meaning (as I understand it) that the case can be revised at the whims of the Trump DoJ, should a need arise.

Then there seemed to be an implied threat from the Trump admin ...

Homan: If Adams doesn't come through, I'll be back in New York City' (February 14, 2025)
thehill.com

... Tom Homan, the border czar tasked with overseeing President Trump's mass deportation plan, issued a stark warning to New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Friday if he doesn't "come through" on enforcing immigration policies.

Homan and Adams made a joint appearance on Fox News's "Fox & Friends," after Adams agreed to allow federal immigration officials to operate at Rikers Island " a decision signaling a change in the Big Apple's sanctuary city policies. The duo also vowed to work together to solve New York's "migrant problem."

"If he doesn't come through, I'll be back in New York City, and we will be sitting on the couch," Homan told the Fox News panel, referring to the embattled mayor. "I'll be in his office saying, Where the hell is the agreement we came to? We're going to deliver for the safety of the people of this city.'" ...



#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 06:58 PM | Reply

"the lawfare prosecution"

Is there some other kind of prosecution the lawyers should be doing?

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-23 06:58 PM | Reply

OK, so now the Trump admin seems to be, with the "without prejudice" dismissals actively asserting that Mayor Adams should comply or else.

Extortion?

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 07:00 PM | Reply

So the Judge overseeing the case would have none of that.

Long story short, (from what I've heard) he had little choice whether or not to dismiss the case, but he could add his opinion to his ruling.

And he did.

He changes the "without prejudice" request of the DoJ to a "with prejudice" dismissal.

Meaning the the DoJ could not resurrect the case if Mayor Adams did not comply with the wishes and desires of the Trump admin.

So, the apparent, mob-like, extortion attempt of the Trump admin was foiled by the Judge in the case.



#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 07:05 PM | Reply

@#3 ... Democrats target Adams after he breaks the Democrat line and admits illegals are a problem. ...

Is that why Mayor Adams was prosecuted?

Evidence, please.

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 07:06 PM | Reply

One thing I can say about Eric Adams:

The only reason I know his name is this never-ending OJ style case.

I'm sure he's done things as Mayor but nothing sticks out. Is he the one who has the pigs turning their backs on him at some publicity event in the early days of BLM? And now he's a Trump darling.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-23 07:30 PM | Reply

@#12 ... One thing I can say about Eric Adams:

The only reason I know his name is this never-ending OJ style case. ...

Yeah, there's that aspect.

But I am in the NYC media area, so I see NYC news each evening.

Eric Adams
en.wikipedia.org

... Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and former police officer who has served as the 110th mayor of New York City since 2022. Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th district in Brooklyn. In 2013, Adams became the first Black American to be elected Brooklyn Borough President; he was re-elected in 2017.

In 2021, Adams received the Democratic Party's nomination for mayor of New York City after narrowly winning a crowded primary that used instant-runoff voting. In the general election, Adams won a landslide victory over Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. As mayor, he has taken what is seen as a tough-on-crime approach and reintroduced a plain-clothed NYPD unit that had been disbanded by the previous administration. He has also implemented, alongside increased police presence, a zero-tolerance policy on homeless people sleeping in subway cars.

Adams's mayoral tenure has been plagued by accusations of corruption, by the departures of key members of his administration, and by historically low polling. ...




#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 07:52 PM | Reply

illegals are a problem.
#3 | POSTED BY SCOTTS

How so?

I'd wager the majority of food you've consumed in your life was harvested, tended to, butchered by, delivered by people you like to call illegal immigrants.

They're the people who do the jobs Americans refuse to do for salaries that help keep costs low at the stores.

Your hate is unfounded.

You're a fool.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-23 07:58 PM | Reply

"illegals are a problem.
#3 | POSTED BY SCOTTS
#14 | Posted by ClownShack"

Ask Eric Adams - he wanted to end the flood and then the Democrats went to throw him in jail.

#15 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-23 08:10 PM | Reply

@#14 ... I'd wager the majority of food you've consumed in your life was harvested, tended to, butchered by, delivered by people you like to call illegal immigrants.

They're the people who do the jobs Americans refuse to do for salaries that help keep costs low at the stores. ...

Not just salaries, but also safety conditions. If you are an illegal immigrant working in a dangerous meat-packing plant, can you ask the Federal government for help about those dangerous safety conditions? You cannot. And that is one of the reasons why American companies give jobs to illegal immigrants instead of hiring Americans.

As noted by Pres Trump not targeting, e.g., Iowa meat processing plants in his crackdown upon illegal immigrants. ... Even Pres Trump seems to understand the contribution of illegal immigrants to the Country..

Then there are those who pick the oranges in Florida.

etc.


As I have said before, if you are in this Country illegally, you should leave.

However, I also realize the effects of that statement upon the, not only economy, but food supply we rely upon.

So, is the answer just a mass deportation to some inhumane prison?

Or is the solution taking a step back, looking at the problem and coming up with a workable solution?



#16 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 08:14 PM | Reply

@#15 ... Ask Eric Adams - he wanted to end the flood ...

Mayor Adams seemed to have other problems.


#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 08:16 PM | Reply

"Mayor Adams seemed to have other problems.
#17 | Posted by LampLighter"

The lawfare charges are being dropped - so, appears he does not.

#18 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-23 08:23 PM | Reply

@#18 ... The lawfare charges are being dropped - so, appears he does not. ...

Yup.The charges were dropped. (though I continue to disagree about the frivolous "lawfare" ascription).

That aside...

I agree. Mayor Adams does not have problems from this case anymore.

Why am I agreeing with your current alias after all the above?

Because of one reason ...

The Judge changed the ruling from the DoJ requested "dismissal with prejudice" to his ruling "dismissal without prejudice."

Maybe your current alias should focus more on that point.


So, the Judge saw the apparent extortion? attempt by the Trump admin (do I need to cite the #7 thehill.com article again?) and altered the dismissal to prevent that apparent extortion attempt.

#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 08:31 PM | Reply

""dismissal without prejudice."
#19 | Posted by LampLighter"

This is how the justice system attempts to cover their ass when they take corrupt actions. The constant threat of legal action and never admitting they were wrong.

#20 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-23 08:35 PM | Reply

@#20 ... This is how the justice system attempts to cover their ass when they take corrupt actions. ...

So, your current alias admits (again?) it has nothing.

It seems to ignore that the prosecutors who resigned over the Trump admin dictum have served both Democratic and Republican administrations in their past.

They enforced the law that they swore to enforce.

And, fwiw, I am still waiting for the evidence to back up your current alias' repetitive "welfare" assertion.

Words are easy, evidence is hard.

What's yer current alias got?




#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 08:48 PM | Reply

@#21

Oops

welfare

--- should be --

warfare

(sometimes, spellcheck is not helpful. I've just added warfare to the dictionary here.)

#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-23 08:51 PM | Reply

They're the people who do the jobs Americans refuse to do for salaries that help keep costs low at the stores.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-23 07:58 PM | Reply | Flag:

Because they will never have health insurance, They will never report an injury - if possible... They will never have a retirement plan. They will always work for substandard wages...

This is what you support, moron. Of all people, an anchor baby supports all of that.

#23 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-24 12:53 AM | Reply

"This is what you support, moron."

What's the alternative?
Who does the jobs?
???

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-24 12:55 AM | Reply

"do for salaries that help keep costs low at the stores"

By the same logic, one could say the Africans picking the cotton back before the CW were keeping the cost of clothing low at the stores.

#25 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-24 12:56 AM | Reply

Who does the jobs?
???

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-24 12:55 AM | Reply | Flag:

It wouldn't hurt you to get off your ass and do something besides working a couple tricks at the bath house to get your drugs.

#26 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-24 12:57 AM | Reply

@#23 ... Because they will never have health insurance, They will never report an injury - if possible... They will never have a retirement plan. They will always work for substandard wages...

This is what you support, ....

It is actually what Corporate America supports.

Americans companies seem to actively want to hire illegal immigrants for the reasons your current alias cites.

But your current alias left out that they pay into the Social Security system, but they will never be able to collect the results of those payments.

The immigrants are not taking jobs from Americans, Corporate America is giving the jobs to them instead of Americans.

Because of the reasons your current alias cites.

So, really, where is the problem here?

Immigrants accepting the jobs they are offered, or Corporate America giving the jobs to immigrants instead of Americans?

Before you can solve a problem, you first must identify the problem.


#27 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-24 01:10 AM | Reply


Who does the jobs?

IOW

Why can't we have slavery!
~ Snoofy & Plantation Owners

#28 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-24 02:21 AM | Reply


It is actually what Corporate America supports.

This is something Snoofy actually supports as well given his disdain for what is happening in Florida.

But in CA they don't care, make the tax payer pay for illegal immigrants healthcare, schooling etc etc.

So why would you allow it?

#29 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-24 02:25 AM | Reply

Because they will never have health insurance, They will never report an injury - if possible... They will never have a retirement plan. They will always work for substandard wages...

Sounds like you're describing the typical American worker.

Working paycheck to paycheck, without healthcare, without the luxury of taking a sick day, who are hoping to one day retire on what meager money they'll receive from social security. (Should they be lucky enough to get social security before republicans destroy it.)

This is what you support, moron. Of all people, an anchor baby supports all of that.
#23 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS

I don't vote for republicans who are against national healthcare. I don't vote for republicans who are anti union, who fight against raising minimum wages, who year after year pass tax cuts for multimillionaires and billionaires, who are fighting to eliminate social security, Medicare, who replaced worker's rights with right to work.

Republicans are responsible for transferring wealthy from the middle class and the poor to the wealthy.

You use the term anchor baby, like it means something. In a nation full of immigrants, all it means is you're a moron who believes having white skin means something more than a lacking of melanin.

Unfortunately for this nation, people like you feel entitled to more than they're worth and are desperately hoping Trump delivers.

Hating immigrants won't make your life better.

But I guess it serves as a temporary distraction while the wealthy rob the nation.

#30 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-24 02:43 AM | Reply

" I don't vote for republicans"

But you support modern slavery. Got it.

#31 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-24 03:09 AM | Reply

I could hear the gears in your head grinding to halt out here in Los Angeles, California.

Listen stupid, it's clear critical thinking is beyond you.

Perhaps had republicans not destroyed unions and actually embraced the new deal, modern day America would be a different world.

But you can't fix what's working now by simply smashing it and insisting it will be replaced by something "better".

You have to implement the "better policies" and allow it to and fix the situation.

Perhaps stop giving so much welfare and tax cuts to the insanely wealthy and start taxing them at much higher rates. The world doesn't need billionaires hoarding wealth. Use those taxes to supplement the wages Americans receive to do the jobs undocumented immigrants are. That way employers don't have to raise the wages of their employees and American workers are still getting paid living wages.

It's things like that which could help change society for the better.

#32 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-24 03:31 AM | Reply

"But you support modern slavery. Got it."

Doesn't Trump support modern slavery, just with a tariff?

I wonder if you would agree with me that, intellectually, you're not living up to your potential.

#33 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-24 04:23 AM | Reply

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