Danielle Sassoon and her colleagues opposed dropping corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

President Richard M. Nixon sought to fire the special prosecutor leading the Watergate investigation, but his attorney general refused and resigned.

Danielle Sassoon can’t be dismissed as some kind of liberal deep-stater. Her résumé suggests anything but: registered Republican; participant in the Federalist Society; former law clerk to two ...

Trump’s Justice Department has dramatically escalated its war with prosecutors in attempt to get the charges against New York ...

Mass resignations among leading federal prosecutors are rare, but that's what happened in the DOJ's handling of the New York ...

A seventh federal prosecutor resigned Friday after the Department of Justice ordered criminal corruption charges against New ...

The president summarily fired and replaced top officials at five watchdog offices in an apparent attempt to consolidate power ...

State Sen. Mike Gianaris said "Eric Adams is clearly compromised and can no longer be considered the legitimate leader of our ...

The drama — which recalls the Saturday Night Massacre of Watergate fame — represents the most high-profile effort yet by ...

The DOJ had ordered the case against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped following weeks of his cozying up to Trump.

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