Recent Resignations Recall Nixon-Era Saturday Night Massacre
President Richard M. Nixon sought to fire the special prosecutor leading the Watergate investigation, but his attorney ...
DOJ order to drop Eric Adams case prompts at least 7 prosecutors to resign
Mass resignations among leading federal prosecutors are rare, but that's what happened in the DOJ's handling of the New York ...
Federal prosecutors resign in protest over Trump’s order to quash NYC Mayor Adams’ criminal indictment
On Friday, after the resignations, Acting US Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove found two prosecutors willing to file a motion ...
Rep. Daniel Goldman on DOJ’s dismissal of Eric Adams case: ‘Outright extortion’
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) disparaged the Justice Department’s dismissal of the criminal bribery case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams — expressing deep concern about what he described as the ...
A dangerous, damaging civil war at the Justice Department
Danielle Sassoon can’t be dismissed as some kind of liberal deep-stater. Her résumé suggests anything but: registered ...