Danielle Sassoon, who resigned from her position as Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, oversaw all investigations into federal crimes in the Southern District of New York, including the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams that the Trump administration has directed be dropped.

Danielle Sassoon had served just three weeks as interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York when she penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi saying she could not follow a di

A group of Department of Justice (DOJ) officials resigned from their posts after receiving a directive to drop federal corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams (D). U.S. Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove sent out a Monday memo ordering prosecutors to forgo its case against Adams citing integrity issues with the case and