Hagan Scotten resigned his post after other top prosecutors stepped down instead of following orders to drop the federal corruption case against Adams.
Another top prosecutor who was leading the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams has stepped down, according to a
“I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion," Scotten wrote. "But it was never going to be me." Like Sassoon, Scotten has a conservative pedigree; he clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts. He also served in the U.S. Army in Iraq, winning two Bronze Stars beforeIn her own resignation letter, Sassoon expressed confidence in Adams' guilt, and criticized the DOJ for trying to "bargain" with the mayor.
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