Hagan Scotten, the prosecutor leading the federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, has resigned.

Serving in the Southern District of New York has been an honor,” the now-former Assistant U.S. Attorneys Celia Cohen, Andrew Rohrback and Derek Wikstrom wrote. “There is no greater privilege than to ...

For the second time in three months, the Trump administration’s handling of the mayor’s case has led to multiple resignations ...

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten also said that the later justification for dropping the case was "so weak as to be transparently pretextual." With the three resignations Tuesday ...

A federal judge on Wednesday permanently dismissed the sweeping public corruption charges against Mayor Adams  — denying an effort by Trump’s Justice Department to have them, tossed “without ...

Those guardrails are now being severely tested under the Trump administration. One DOJ prosecutor, Hagan Scotten, wrote in his Feb. 15 resignation letter that while he held no negative views of the ...

Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten issued a scathing letter to acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove arguing only a "fool" or a "coward" would agree to sign off on the case's dismissal.