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Halls of Shrewd'm / US Policy
No. of Recommendations: 14
First- HUGE standup cheers for Danielle Sassoon who resigned as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor rather than cooperate with Emille Bove’s politically driven directive to dismiss corruption charges against NY mayor Eric Adams.
Of course Emille Bove had every reason to believe that Sassoon would comply with the order. Sassoon is a member of the Federalist Society and clerked for Antonin Scalia and placed in her position just 3 weeks ago on Inauguration Day.
Sassoon not only said “No”, but “Hell no!”, and wrote an eight page, well reasoned letter detailing her objections to what amounted to a corrupt demand for her to drop criminal charges for what amounted to political reasons, and she turned in the letter along with her resignation.
Bove then attempted to enlist others in the prosecutor’s office to carry Trump’s bucket of corrupt water, and lo and behold, they resigned as well.
Seems there is an uprising in the DOJ; it will most likely be stamped out, as Bove and Trump will eventually find someone corrupt enough to follow their corrupt order.
But more people are now seeing the utter evil at the heart of this administration.
Just as they are beginning to see the incompetence of those who were hired because of their Trump loyalty rather than skill set to actually do the job.
Guantanamo is turning into a bungled fiasco with nobody knowing who is in charge or what to do with the planeloads of shackled immigrants arriving in the dead of night from the mainland.
But you have to admit- Kristi Noem sure knows how to dress up to look like a helicopter pilot.
Form over substance- all the way down.
No. of Recommendations: 2
Trump went through his first admin whining that his AG should be his Roy Cohn. Now he needs to find his Robert Bork.
No. of Recommendations: 4
Now he needs to find his Robert Bork
Eventually, if not sooner, he will.
No. of Recommendations: 5
...and she turned in the letter along with her resignation.
Kudos to her. But what if she, and the others, had forced the administration to fire them? Stay in your post, but refuse the order. In the military, you're obligated to refuse an illegal order. This isn't perfectly analogous to that, but it at least rhymes.
No. of Recommendations: 8
Kudos to her. But what if she, and the others, had forced the administration to fire them?
Dunno….. but I’m not going to second guess the timing of her decision. I’m just thankful she did what she did. She’s only in her mid-thirties… it took a lot of courage, regardless.
So too for the other recent hires who refused to follow an unlawful order.
More, please!
No. of Recommendations: 8
Seems there is an uprising in the DOJ; it will most likely be stamped out, as Bove and Trump will eventually find someone corrupt enough to follow their corrupt order.
According to MeidasTouch, they're transferring control of the case away from SDNY over to DC.
Meidas also adds a bit of context. Seems Trump wanted to dismiss the case without prejudice (meaning the charges could be re-filed at a later date). That would give Trump a significant piece of leverage over Adams: Do what I want, or I'll file the charges again.
An interesting solution is for Governor Hocul to remove Adams from his post as mayor - something within her power and quite reasonable in light of the charges against Adams. That would make Adams useless to Trump.
--Peter
No. of Recommendations: 3
An interesting solution is for Governor Hochul to remove Adams from his post as mayor - something within her power and quite reasonable in light of the charges against Adams. That would make Adams useless to Trump.Oh please, Kathy, do this! She seems to have a bit of a spine herself.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/eric-adam...
No. of Recommendations: 2
Kudos to her. But what if she, and the others, had forced the administration to fire them?
Well, she was a day 1 Trump appointment. So she's not exactly an active member of the opposition. Making a statement by resigning is the old school standard response for an appointee in this position.
For rank and file civil service employees, I'd absolutely encourage staying in your position. Ditto for any leftover appointments from previous administrations.
--Peter
No. of Recommendations: 1
First- HUGE standup cheers for Danielle Sassoon who resigned as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor rather than cooperate with Emille Bove’s politically driven directive to dismiss corruption charges against NY mayor Eric Adams. - Bill
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Besides Danielle, I think two or three more resigned as well. The lawful order from the DOJ was sufficient, the resignations were an unexpected bonus.
No. of Recommendations: 5
The lawful order from the DOJ was sufficient, the resignations were an unexpected bonus.
You might want to look at that “lawful “ order.
No. of Recommendations: 1
An interesting solution is for Governor Hocul to remove Adams from his post as mayor ……
Hochul, just for the record.
No. of Recommendations: 0
Hochul, just for the record.
Yeah, I learned that a couple of posts back. It's what I get for working from memory these days.
--Peter
No. of Recommendations: 3
Yeah, I learned that a couple of posts back. It's what I get for working from memory these days.
--Peter
I often have the same problem, John.
No. of Recommendations: 6
But it wasn't going to be Hagan Scotten.
“There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any 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. If 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. But it was never going to be me.”Read his profile in courage at Joyce Vance's Substack.
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-face-of-cour...
No. of Recommendations: 1
YES!
We need more people like this. People with integrity and guts and the willingness to stand up to Trump and his sick sycophants.
“There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any 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. If 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. But it was never going to be me.”
No. of Recommendations: 2
First- HUGE standup cheers for Danielle Sassoon who resigned as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor rather than cooperate with Emille Bove’s politically driven directive to dismiss corruption charges against NY mayor Eric Adams.
Yep, it’s what they do when they know they are beaten, crawl away.
