Former federal prosecutor Carol Lam bid “farewell” to the Division of Justice’s (DOJ) independence in a Thursday opinion piece for The New York Instances.
“Over just a few days last week, the Trump administration made a laughingstock of the U.S. Department of Justice,” Lam mentioned within the piece titled “Farewell, Justice Department Independence.”
“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 to resign in disgust,” Lam added.
Appearing Deputy Lawyer Normal Emil Bove just lately ordered federal prosecutors to drop a current corruption case towards New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams. A number of prosecutors resigned as a result of choice from the Justice Division.
“The acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, said the indictment should be dismissed in part because the prosecution would interfere with Mr. Adams’s ability to carry out President Trump’s immigration crackdown,” Lam mentioned. “To ensure Mr. Adams’s obedience, the indictment would be dismissed without prejudice so the department could resurrect it at any time.”
Lam added later that using “the prospect of criminal prosecution to obtain Mr. Adams’s future political cooperation makes the mayor beholden to someone other than his constituents, dangerously crossing a line.”
Adams just lately mentioned that he met with President Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan on Thursday to prepare for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) brokers to restart operations on Rikers Island, which holds New York Metropolis’s largest jail.
“Today, I met with ‘Border Czar’ Tom Homan and local federal law enforcement officials to discuss how we can work together to remove violent migrant gangs from our city,” Adams mentioned in a earlier assertion.
The Hill has contacted the press workplaces of Adams, the Justice Division and the White Home for remark.
