'Baffled' federal prosecutor says clerking for Scalia instilled duty to 'uphold the rule of law' as she quits over order to drop Eric Adams case
Danielle Sassoon cited her time clerking for Justice Antonin Scalia as one of the reasons she resigned after being directed ...
Justice Department moves to dismiss Eric Adams case after extraordinary internal revolt
The filing does not spell the end of the high-profile case. A federal judge must approve the decision to drop the charges.
Invoking Scalia in the Sovereign District
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove instructed Danielle Sassoon, the Acting U.S. Attorney for SDNY, to dismiss the indictment against New York City ...
‘It was never going to be me’: How Trump’s DOJ sparked a crisis and mass resignations over the Eric Adams case
The morning after the mass resignation of prosecutors sparked a crisis inside the Trump Justice Department, acting Deputy ...
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COMMENTARY: Scalia’s disastrous decision on religious freedom
In the days following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb ... then hope for a replacement on the Supreme Court who will vote to overturn Justice Scalia’s disastrous decision in Employment ...
Trump Official’s Demand in Adams Case Forces Justice Dept. Showdown
A crisis at the department over the Eric Adams case is an early test of the criminal justice system’s resilience against a ...
How Trump’s Justice Department has gutted the government’s ability to chase public corruption
The Trump administration has gutted the federal government’s ability to fight public corruption in a matter of weeks.
How the ‘10th justice’ can help Trump’s agenda at the Supreme Court
President Donald Trump named three justices in his first term, establishing a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court ...
Who is Danielle Sassoon, prosecutor who quit in protest from Trump justice department?
Danielle Sassoon resigned after Trump's justice department ordered her to drop the corruption case against New York Mayor ...
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Justice Department in upheaval over order to dismiss NYC Mayor Adams’ corruption case
A wave of resignations is shaking up the Justice Department after the Trump administration gave orders to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. William Brangham reports on ...