This undated image shows Danielle R. Sassoon, who resigned Thursday as acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. She was one of three federal prosecutors who resigned over the Justice Department’s decision to drop the Eric Adams case.
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Three senior federal prosecutors resigned Thursday in connection with the department’s decision to drop the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, resigned, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office said. Her decision came three days after Justice Department leadership instructed her to drop the criminal corruption case against Adams.
Sassoon, a veteran prosecutor who helped lead the prosecution and conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried, was appointed interim U.S. attorney by the Trump administration last month.
Emil Bove, the acting No. 2 official at the Justice Department, accepted Sassoon’s resignation, and placed three assistant U.S. attorneys who worked the case on leave pending investigations of their conduct by the Office of the Attorney General and the department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, according to a letter from Bove obtained by NPR.
