Hagan Scotten, lead Adams’ prosecutor, resigns telling DOJ only a ‘coward’ will follow order to drop case
One of the lead prosecutors handling the sweeping public corruption case against Mayor Adams resigned on Friday — in a ...
“This Is Some New and Very Dangerous Development.” Inside the Bloody Battle Over the DOJ’s Crown Jewel
Current and former SDNY colleagues of Emil Bove, Danielle Sassoon, and Hagan Scotten describe an office fighting to keep its ...
The New York Times7d
Adams’s Lead Prosecutor Quits Defiantly: ‘It Was Never Going to Be Me’
Hagan Scotten told Justice Department officials that he would not be party to a political prosecution. He was the latest in a succession of federal prosecutors to quit. By Jonah E. Bromwich ...
Rebellion at Trump's DOJ Over Eric Adams Cheered by Conservative Attorney
President Donald Trump 's Department of Justice (DOJ) is grappling with mass resignations following the department's push to ...
Trump DOJ Resignations: List of Prosecutors and Officials Quitting in Protest
On Friday, federal prosecutor Hagan Scotten became the seventh official to resign in protest at the Justice Department, which ...
Justice Department moves to drop case against NYC Mayor Eric Adams
Following the departure of several federal prosecutors, the Department of Justice moved to dismiss corruption charges against ...
Another prosecutor resigns in latest fallout from Justice Department turmoil over NYC mayor's case
Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten wrote to Justice Department leaders it would take a “fool” or a “coward” to dismiss the ...
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Another New York federal prosecutor resigns over DOJ order to dismiss Eric Adams case
Hagan Scotten sent a scathing letter to Deputy AG Emil Bove over his request. The battle between New York federal prosecutors and President Donald Trump's Justice Department continued Friday as ...
The Washington Post7d
Read prosecutor’s resignation letter in N.Y. Mayor Eric Adams’s bribery case
Read the resignation letter of Hagan Scotten, the lead prosecutor in Mayor Eric Adams’s federal corruption case. Scotten has quit over the Justice Department’s demand that the case be ...
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AUSA, who worked on Adams case, resigns in sharply worded letter to DOJ
Hagan Scotten, an assistant U.S. attorney with the ... "You indicated that the prosecution team is aware of your communications with the Justice Department, is supportive of your approach, and ...
National Review7d
Hagan Scotten, Lead Prosecutor of Eric Adams, Resigns in Awesome Letter
Hagan Scotten, the lead prosecutor in New York City mayor Eric Adams’s criminal case, already had an amazing set of achievements: Recipient of two Bronze Stars, law clerk for both Chief Justice ...