{"id":218816,"date":"2025-02-15T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/7th-prosecutor-in-eric-adams-case-resigns-with-scathing-letter-to-trumps-former-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T00:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T00:00:12","slug":"7th-prosecutor-in-eric-adams-case-resigns-with-scathing-letter-to-trumps-former-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/7th-prosecutor-in-eric-adams-case-resigns-with-scathing-letter-to-trumps-former-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"7th prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns with scathing letter to Trump&#8217;s former lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/7NKzwWLda9M\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"7th prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns with scathing letter to Trump's former lawyer\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7NKzwWLda9M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>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 \u201cfool\u201d to dismiss the criminal charges.<br \/>\nThe attorney, Hagan Scotten, is the seventh person to resign over the calamitous effort to dismiss charges against Adams. Scotten was a line prosecutor on the case and had been placed on administrative leave Thursday for refusing to sign off on its dismissal.<br \/>\nIn a letter to acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, Scotten slammed what he called a \u201cdismissal-with-leverage.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cAny assistant U.S. attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials, in this way,\u201d Scotten told Bove, who is President Donald Trump\u2019s former personal attorney.<br \/>\n\u201cIf no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion,\u201d Scotten added. \u201cBut it was never going to be me.\u201d #cnn #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u201cfool\u201d to dismiss the criminal charges. 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