# NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted on federal charges, says NYT **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 26, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729 "2024-09-26T02:17:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/81 "2025-02-13T21:39:10Z")
Perhaps a bit more: > **[Three top federal prosecutors resign after refusing to drop Adams charges](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/top-federal-prosecutor-ny-resigns-told-drop-adams-charges-rcna192030)** > > The acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, as well as two top prosecutors in Washington, resigned over the DOJ order to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Dig this: > [@](#): > > Sassoon, who took over the office last month, is a well-respected prosecutor with conservative credentials. Best known for successfully prosecuting crypto whiz kid-turned-fraudster Sam Bankman Fried, she was a member of the Federalist Society and had clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia, who was one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most influential conservatives. > > Daniel Richman, a former federal prosecutor and Columbia University law professor, praised Sassoon. > > **“That the resignation should be by someone with sterling Federalist Society credentials only highlights the difference between the Trump Administration and serious conservatives with integrity and respect for the criminal process,” he said.** [bolding mine] ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/82 "2025-02-13T22:22:01Z")
What good does it do to resign? Noble, but an empty gesture. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/83 "2025-02-13T22:51:59Z")
By resigning rather than following corrupt orders, you are acting with integrity and modeling ethical behavior to others. What else should an honest official do? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/84 "2025-02-13T22:53:02Z")
> [@Chad\_Sudan](#): > > What else should an honest official do? Refuse to follow orders and get fired. Resignation is better. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/85 "2025-02-14T00:21:19Z")
The Thursday Afternoon Massacre continues. > **[Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”...](https://bsky.app/profile/ryanjreilly.com/post/3li3s72vqt22n)** > > NEW: At least three more DOJ Public Integrity Unit senior officials have resigned after meeting with Emil Bove on the Eric Adams case. Five in Public Integrity overall. > > That’s six officials who resigned, triple the number that happened during the... > **[Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”...](https://bsky.app/profile/ryanjreilly.com/post/3li3slprdwc2n)** > > There’s a fourth deputy that hasn’t resigned yet, but that’s because they are currently giving birth, two sources tell NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/top-federal-prosecutor-ny-resigns-told-drop-adams-charges-rcna192030 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/86 "2025-02-14T00:33:59Z")
Hey, Trump has loads of respect for the criminal process! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/87 "2025-02-14T01:47:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Refuse to follow orders and get fired. > > Resignation is better. But it’s the same result: bupkis. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/88 "2025-02-14T01:49:48Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > What good does it do to resign? Noble, but an empty gesture. We need a whole lot more people refusing to play ball. Noble gestures are a start. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/89 "2025-02-14T03:25:08Z")
> “Adams’s attorneys repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo, indicating that Adams would be in a position to assist with Department’s enforcement priorities only if the indictment were dismissed.” Seems like a perfectly normal part of pre-trial negotiations, nothing to see here. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/90 "2025-02-14T03:31:46Z")
Hmm. I wonder if New York state has any laws about offering consideration to government officials in exchange for a favor. No reason. Just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/91 "2025-02-14T03:56:48Z")
I want to highlight this from an [earlier posted link:](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/top-federal-prosecutor-ny-resigns-told-drop-adams-charges-rcna192030) > [@](#): > > Daniel Richman, a Columbia University law professor and former federal prosecutor, praised Sassoon. > > “That the resignation should be by someone with sterling Federalist Society credentials only highlights the difference between the Trump administration and serious conservatives with integrity and respect for the criminal process,” he said. I say to someone like this - or like Liz Cheney — or even Mitch McConnell — thank you. Better late then never! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/92 "2025-02-14T11:29:17Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > I say to someone like this - or like Liz Cheney — or even Mitch McConnell — thank you. Better late then never! The enemy of our enemy is not our friend….but every little bit helps. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/93 "2025-02-14T11:46:12Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > The enemy of our enemy is not our friend….but every little bit helps At the end of the day, we need the rule of law to apply. Because if we can’t win then, we shouldn’t win. But so long as the other side still agrees to the rule of law, we have a chance to win. Get rid of it, and it’s all “Might makes right”. Even if we’re mightier, we still lose. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/94 "2025-02-14T15:39:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Multiple Trump appointees have resigned over the orders to drop the case. From his POV that’s a bonus. What lame losers that did not focus their efforts on persecuting _ **his** _ enemies. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/95 "2025-02-14T17:42:38Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > From his POV that’s a bonus. Maybe, maybe not. It’s hard to tell. He might take the view that he’s better off, or he may see it as a personal insult and rage about it. It’s not always easy to predict him. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/96 "2025-02-14T17:53:17Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > He might take the view that he’s better off, or he may see it as a personal insult and rage about it. It’s not always easy to predict him. He’ll do both. Ranting about crazy leftist lawyers trying to destroy MAGA and how they’ve been very nasty to him (_giving birth_ instead of following orders? NASTY!), but that’s okay, because now he can MAGA the shit out of their office, and MNYGA. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/97 "2025-02-14T18:05:08Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > He’ll do both. I think you nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/98 "2025-02-14T18:15:37Z")
The resignation count is now at seven: > **[Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump’s former...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/politics/justice-department-eric-adams-case-new-york-southern-district/index.html)** > > A federal prosecutor assigned to the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned Friday in a blistering letter that accused top leaders at the Justice Department of looking for a “fool” to dismiss the criminal charges. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/99 "2025-02-14T18:51:29Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > [@Atamasama](#): > > > > Refuse to follow orders and get fired. > > > > Resignation is better. > > But it’s the same result: bupkis . Not quite. The resignations are steeling much of the Justice Department against AG Pam Bondi and her deputy, Emil Bove (yes, one of Trump’s former defense attorneys). **[As Jay Kuo noted yesterday](https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/donald-trump-white-house-strategery?r=1zr8b)**: > … there’s another problem of the White House’s own making. By turning on its own Justice Department, the White House has created an atmosphere of fear and mistrust. As Ellen Blain of _The Contrarian_ [observed](https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/trumps-war-against-his-own-attorneys?r=1zr8b&utm_medium=ios), this could have a negative impact on morale and effectiveness: > > > While DOJ’s criminal prosecutions get a lot of attention, sometimes we forget that DOJ also represents the United States, its agencies, and its employees in lawsuits when they are sued. So DOJ lawyers have dutifully fanned out across the country attempting to defend the more than 40 lawsuits that have been filed against the administration, all the while seeing friends, colleagues, and supervisors flee or get summarily fired. … This morning, Kuo also posted a helpful synopsis of this week’s events in the Eric Adams case: > **[The Thursday Afternoon Massacre](https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-thursday-afternoon-massacre)** > > A brave U.S. Attorney stood up for the rule of law, and it was a shot heard across the land. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729/100 "2025-02-14T19:33:29Z")
And while this is a subjective account, it sounds like the Trump admin is literally humiliating Adams on TV, and not exactly being coy about the quid pro quo. [https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/trump-border-czar-new-york-00204346](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/14/trump-border-czar-new-york-00204346) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-indicted-on-federal-charges-says-nyt/1007729.md?page=6)