Justice Department Accuses Adams Prosecutors of Politicking and Hypocrisy
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Justice Department Accuses Adams Prosecutors of Politicking and Hypocrisy

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Top Justice Department officials issued an extraordinary attack on Friday on the Manhattan prosecutors who brought the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, releasing a selection of their internal messages in a further attempt to discredit the case. The…

Emil Bove, Justice Dept.’s No. 2, Targets NY Office Where He Rose as a Prosecutor
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Emil Bove, Justice Dept.’s No. 2, Targets NY Office Where He Rose as a Prosecutor

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Emil Bove III, the acting deputy attorney general, stood stone-faced and alone at the prosecution table inside the federal courthouse in Manhattan last week to do a job his onetime colleagues in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York…

Opinion | Trump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice
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Opinion | Trump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I grew up a Reagan Republican in the middle of the Cold War, and I never thought I’d see the day when the president of the United States became the world’s most prominent and effective Russian propagandist. Yet that’s exactly what happened last…

4 Takeaways From the Hearing on Dismissing Charges Against Eric Adams
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4 Takeaways From the Hearing on Dismissing Charges Against Eric Adams

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A federal judge on Wednesday afternoon questioned Mayor Eric Adams of New York, Mr. Adams’s lawyer and a top Justice Department official over the department’s decision to seek the dismissal of corruption charges against Mr. Adams. It was the latest episode in a…

Aiding Trump Outweighs Prosecutions, Justice Dept. Official Suggests
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Aiding Trump Outweighs Prosecutions, Justice Dept. Official Suggests

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A senior Justice Department official suggested Wednesday that President Trump’s administration is justified in putting aside allegations of corruption against a public official if the official cooperates with the president’s political agenda. The Justice Department official, Emil Bove III, raised the idea during…

Opinion | Farewell, Justice Department Independence
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Opinion | Farewell, Justice Department Independence

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Over just a few days last week, the Trump administration made a laughingstock of the U.S. Department of Justice. The department’s decision to seek the dismissal of a corruption indictment against Mayor Eric Adams of New York led seven prosecutors handling the case…

It’s Now Up to the Judge Whether to Drop Charges in Adams Case
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It’s Now Up to the Judge Whether to Drop Charges in Adams Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Manhattan judge overseeing the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams will be in the spotlight this week after a standoff between federal prosecutors and the Justice Department over a directive to drop the charges against the mayor. The order, issued last…

In Moving to Stop Adams Case, Career Lawyer Sought to Stave Off Deeper Crisis
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In Moving to Stop Adams Case, Career Lawyer Sought to Stave Off Deeper Crisis

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The threat of a mass firing was unspoken but loomed over the videoconference call. Summoning the staff of the Justice Department’s public integrity section on Friday morning, the acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove III, was matter-of-fact. Two lawyers needed to step forward…

Opinion | Trump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case
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Opinion | Trump’s Legal Shakedowns Won’t End With the Adams Case

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump administration had other ways to make good on its corrupt bargain. Mr. Trump himself could have ordered the dismissal motion. Sure, such an intervention would be inadvisable, as Attorney General William Wirt warned President James Monroe in 1821, because “it is…