(NewsNation) — The Justice Department is now directing federal prosecutors in New York to dismiss the corruption charges against Eric Adams, New York City’s mayor, causing resignations. But one Virginia attorney told NewsNation that he doesn’t believe this will be happening any time soon.
A memo from the acting deputy attorney general has instructed prosecutors to drop the charges immediately, but not because of related evidence. The memo states that the charges are interfering with Adams’ ability to help facilitate President Donald Trump’s instructions on illegal immigration. Now, seven officials have resigned, including federal prosecutor Danielle Sassoon, who was the interim U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York.
“She’s (Sassoon’s) no woke prosecutor, she court for Justice Scalia, she says ‘I’m not gonna do it. I think it’s improper..,” Trial attorney and former U.S. Attorney for the western district of Virginia John Fishwick told NewsNation on Friday. “They’re (the Justice Department) not gonna tolerate folks not taking instructions… and Ms. Sassoon said, ‘I’m not gonna do that,’ and so she resigned.”
Before the order, Sassoon said that prosecutors had been preparing to charge the mayor with destroying evidence and instructing others to destroy evidence and give false information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to the Associated Press.
“There’s chaos now in the case. It’s a bad day for Mayor Adams,” Fishwick said. “I don’t think the charges against him are going to be dismissed any time soon.”
In September, Adams was charged with accepting bribes while serving in his previous position as the Brooklyn borough president.
