Adding another prosecutor’s name to the motion to dismiss could also bolster the government’s argument for dismissing the case, which will ultimately need to be approved by the Manhattan judge overseeing Adams’s criminal case.
The official in the Justice Department sent federal prosecutors in Manhattan and Washington, D.C., in a tailspin this week after demanding someone sign off on a motion to dismiss the criminal case against Eric Adams.
It is unclear exactly why Bove insisted another federal prosecutor sign off on the motion, but a memo issued by his boss, Attorney General Pam Bondi, upped the stakes for attorneys who refuse to sign their names on legal filings.
In addition to Sassoon’s refusal to do so and subsequent resignation, the Manhattan prosecutor leading the criminal case against Adams, Hagan Scotten, also refused and resigned – saying only a “fool” or “coward” would file the motion.
Federal prosecutors faced an ultimatum on Friday, agree to dismiss the charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s criminal case – or else.
