Hagan Scotten is an American attorney who was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York until his resignation in February 2025.

On February 13, 2025, Hagan Scotten, an "Iraq War veteran and Bronze Star recipient who clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court and at an appeals court for Justice Brett Kavanaugh" and a "registered Republican", resigned. [17]

Feb 14, 2025 · One of two assistant U.S. attorneys who was working on the Eric Adams corruption case has resigned from his position in a tersely worded letter to the Department of Justice, according to an email...

Feb 14, 2025 · Hagan Scotten, the lead prosecutor on the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City, resigned after Justice Department officials ordered the dismissal of charges he...

Feb 14, 2025 · Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten didn’t hold back. The lead prosecutor assigned to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s public corruption case resigned Friday, in a mic-drop statement slamming...

Feb 14, 2025 · Hagan Scotten — an assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York and the lead prosecutor on the case — said in a scathing resignation letter that dismissing the bribery, corruption...

Feb 14, 2025 · One of the lead prosecutors handling the sweeping public corruption case against Mayor Adams resigned on Friday — in a searing letter to President Trump’s Department of Justice saying he wouldn’t...

Feb 15, 2025 · Hagan Scotten, lead prosecutor in Adams' corruption case, was among those who quit following the DOJ's order, and he did not hold back in his resignation letter sent on Friday.

Feb 14, 2025 · U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is facing turmoil as seven federal prosecutors, including lead prosecutor Hagan Scotten, have resigned in protest over the dismissal of corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams.

Feb 14, 2025 · Federal prosecutor Hagen Scotten resigned Friday, criticizing the DOJ for dismissing charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams. In a public letter to acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, Scotten called the decision a "dismissal-with-leverage." He warned that someone "foolish or cowardly" would eventually file the DOJ's motion.