Acting US Attorney in New York quits after being told to drop Eric Adams case
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The acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned from her position in a letter to the attorney general, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned from her position in a letter to the attorney general, according to a person familiar with the matter. In the letter, Sassoon did not say why she was resigning but she was under pressure to dismiss criminal charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams after being directed to do so earlier this week. This story is breaking and will be updated.
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