Lead prosecutor on Adams case resigns, slams Trump DOJ’s ‘dismissal-with-leverage’ gambit on way out: ‘Never going to be me’

The Justice Department’s order to toss Mayor Eric Adams’ criminal case — while leaving the option open of resurrecting it after November — is a “serious mistake” that keeps Hizzoner beholden to President Trump, the lead prosecutor on the case wrote in a scathing resignation letter Friday. Hagan Scotten, an assistant US Attorney in the...