The acting U.S. attorney for Manhattan resigned from her job on Thursday after she was ordered to drop the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to a report.
Danielle Sassoon, a Republican who was appointed to lead the Southern District of New York by President Donald Trump just weeks ago, notified her office of the decision via email, the New York Times reported.
Sassoon was reportedly directed to drop the corruption and bribery charges against the mayor by the Justice Department’s number two attorney, Emil Bove, after weeks of speculation that Adams had worked out a deal with Trump’s administration.
Adams was slapped with a five-count indictment last year alleging he unlawfully accepted more than $100,000 in benefits from the Turkish government in exchange for helping expedite the Turkish consulate building in Manhattan. Prosecutors also accused the mayor of accepting campaign donations through an illegal “straw donor” scheme and used a public matching fund program to increase the amount.
“Moments ago, I submitted my resignation to the attorney general,” Sassoon wrote in the email obtained by the Times. “As I told her, it has been my greatest honor to represent the United States and to pursue justice as a prosecutor in the Southern District of New York.”
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