Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove was raked over the coals on Friday morning for interfering with the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney's office prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, which led to mass resignations
During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," former State Attorney for Palm Beach County Dave Aronberg lashed out at Bove, and the entire Donald Trump Department of Justice, for letting Adams off the hook on corruption charges in return for helping the president's administration round-up undocumented immigrants.
That, in turn, led to the resignation of acting U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon and five other prosecutors to also step down after also refusing to take part of the dropping of charges.
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Pressed to weigh in, Aronberg fired off a furious response.
"The whole thing stinks!' he told "Morning Joe" co-host Jonathan Lemire. "So let's go back to what Eric Adams said on Fox News. He said I have a lawyer, Alex Spiro who's a really good lawyer, he would never do something like this. Well, Alex Spiro is a very good lawyer, but he's also known for being hyper-aggressive."
"He was criticized by the judge in the Jay-Z matter, he represents Jay-Z for his over aggression, attacking the other lawyer," he continued "He's also the same lawyer for Elon Musk, so I'll leave that there."
"So, as if to prove that this was part of a corrupt deal, Eric Adams is not only appearing with the border czar [Tom Homan] but he's also assuring publicly the border czar that he will use his executive powers to allow federal immigration authorities to back into Rikers Island. That's like a 180 degree turn from the typical sanctuary city policies that New York City had."
"So, you know, it sure looks like there's a quo in exchange for the quid here," he continued. "And then you have Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, who I think is doing Attorney General Pam Bondi a disservice by his actions. He wasn't even approved by the Senate yet and he was Trump's former criminal defense lawyer, and he's not even trying to hide his motivations here."
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