The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and two officials with the federal public integrity unit all quit after the Justice Department ordered the charges against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped.
He told her the prosecutors who had worked on the case against Mr. Adams were being placed on administrative leave because they, too, were unwilling to obey his order.
“He” being Justice Department deputy attorney general Emil Bove III, who wrote an 8-page letter to accept her resignation.
“He” being Justice Department deputy attorney general Emil Bove III, who wrote an 8-page letter to accept her resignation.