The resignation of the acting U.S. attorney representing the Southern District of New York, followed by several of her colleagues also walking, over demands and threats from the top DOJ officials to drop corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams could be the precipitating event that leads to a revolt in the department.
During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," conservative attorney George Conway suggested other federal prosecutors may either leave or refuse to follow orders after watching the spectacle play out and hearing about threats career prosecutors were subjected to.
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"This is much worse because this is going to the functioning of the U.S. attorney's offices nationwide," he began. "And it really is –– I mean –– we're seeing a Justice Department including the FBI that is on the edge of a full scale revolt because they're being asked to do things that are just contrary to what their obligations are to the nation are and their ethical obligations as lawyers."
"And those letters that we saw, written by Danielle Sassoon and the chief assistant U.S. attorney that was on the Adams case were really, really extraordinary," he added. "I mean, they're basically just saying, like, you are asking us to make a baseless motion to dismiss this case for reasons that have nothing to do with its merits, but everything to do with politics. And that is just not, you know, that is just not the proper role of a federal prosecutor."
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