But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons stated in her February 12, 2025 letter to the Attorney General.  In short, the first justification for the motion - that ...

President Donald Trump 's Department of Justice (DOJ) is grappling with mass resignations following the department's push to ...

The Adams Affair continues. Yesterday, I wrote about Hagan Scotten's resignation letter. Here, I want to focus on another sentence Scotten wrote that does not quite make the point he intended ...

On Friday, federal prosecutor Hagan Scotten became the seventh official to resign in protest at the Justice Department, which ...

Hagan Scotten, the chief prosecutor on the Adams ... Scotten was even more blunt in his resignation letter, saying prosecution decisions cannot be used to influence a defendant’s policy ...

Eric Adams was indicted in September and accused of accepting more than $100,000 in illegal campaign contributions and travel ...

Hagan Scotten — an assistant US attorney and the lead prosecutor on the case — in his own resignation letter wrote that only a “fool” or “coward” would comply with the DOJ order ...

Hagan Scotten, said in his resignation letter. “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 ...

And Assistant US Attorney Hagan Scotten, a line prosecutor who resigned ... much less elected officials, in this way,” ...