The revelations came in part from the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Danielle R. Sassoon, who resigned rather than heed ...

The nolle prosequi was signed by Acting Deputy A.G. Emil Bove. Minutes later, Manhattan federal prosecutors Hagan Scotten, ...

The move was preceded by wave of resignations of prosecutors, each refusing to sign the motion and some criticizing the Justice Department order to do so in scathing terms.

Hagan Scotten said he was never directed to dismiss the charges from head SDNY attorney Danielle Sassoon in a hostile letter to acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.

Emil Bove, the top DOJ official who told prosecutors to dismiss the case against New York’s mayor, represented Donald Trump in a criminal trial last year.

The Department of Justice moved to dismiss the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s sweeping public corruption case against Mayor Eric ...