Three federal prosecutors from Manhattan resigned rather than admit to wrongdoing in the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Their decision follows orders from Trump administration officials to dismiss the bribery and fraud charges, leading to their placement on administrative leave. The prosecutors, Celia V. Cohen, Andrew Rohrbach, and Derek Wikstrom, expressed concern over the shift in the Department's priorities under the Trump administration, prioritizing obedience over legal and ethical obligations. Their resignations occurred on the first day of new U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton, highlighting internal turmoil in the office.
We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none, they wrote. We have worked under Democratic and Republican presidents, but the Department has changed during Trump's term.
Now, the Department has decided that obedience supersedes all else, requiring us to abdicate our legal and ethical obligations in favor of directives from Washington.
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