Prosecutor quits Trump’s DOJ in brutal letter: Find someone else ‘enough of a coward to file your motion’
Summary
Hagan Scotten, a top federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, resigned in protest over the DOJ's dismissal of corruption charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
In a scathing letter to Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, Scotten condemned the move as politically motivated, stating, “Our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials.”
He added, “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
His resignation follows that of U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, who accused the Trump administration of entering into a “quid pro quo” with NYC Mayor Eric Adams.
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Trust him, he will, in record time. If there's one thing this motherfucker is good at is finding completely unqualified and unfit people.
Being unqualified is basically a requirement to rise in the ranks in the GOP.
Exactly. Why not stay in the role and obstruct injustice? They could always sue the US Government for wrongful termination.
Because he didn't have the spine to do it.
Yeah, excuse him for having sense and morals unlike the shitstain of an administration that we have.
If he'd had sense and morals he'd have stayed and at least tried to slow them down, instead of just rolling over and letting them pick his replacement.
This is, literally, what they want. Making it uncomfortable so people leave on their own and can be replaced with loyalists. They were open about it before the election. Damn, Americans are naive...
Aughaughaughsjscjf did some ppl just not get the memo, or is this more of that "I don't care if bad things happen so long as I'm not associated with the cause of it" mentality you usually see from non-voters?
While you are absolutely right, doing this means (probably) tarnishing your own reputation which many people can't stomach. You can get another job, but a reputation as an incompetent or subversive employee will follow you around.
"DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE! RESIST!"
:pre-emptively resigns:
Seriously. Delay it as long as you can before demanding that they fire you.
Agree, especially for the leadership positions and positions of power. You have a higher responsibility when you're in charge and you can actually fight back whereas subordinates usually just have to do their jobs.
The whole MO of Trump was STALL STALL STALL. No when the power shifted we go…
durrr what do … durrr
Fucking STALL BACK. Don’t leave. Challenge the decision. Show you’re not the only one who says things fucked. get people to stand up too.
These people have the memory of a goldfish. Resignations were the main way he got the vacancies to fill with collaborators in his first term
Sure, but if they are fired with cause they probably lose some benefits. Just because they can't bring themselves to do Trump's bidding doesn't mean they're willing to lose their pension or something.
Look, the guy is still a shitheel.
Soft bitches with way too much faith in a broken system that has been broken long long long long before this.
At least there is one or two Republicans that have integrity.
Damn, that resignation letter is brutal and he’s put his career on it. If more republicans had this integrity I’d have to consider voting for some
If only the rest of their party cared about rule of law.
Where's the second one?
they got voted out
Impressed how sheepish the chicken hawk Muricans are... apparently the lesson ITT is not to stand up to an openly corrupt government in any way, but to either play along or get fired for maximun coin
They are being actively threatened by this mob. They aren’t just quitting.
Precisely, quitting is at least a form of protest... but people here, probably some who didn't even bother to vote, are criticizing that
Will MAGA or “New Media” criticize their massa for this blatant lawfare?