Prosecutors were prepping to charge Eric Adams with destroying evidence, Manhattan US attorney’s resignation letter reveals
Manhattan federal prosecutors were prepared to bring a new bombshell indictment charging Mayor Eric Adams with destroying evidence and telling people to lie to the FBI, a letter obtained by The Post reveals.
The letter sent by Danielle Sassoon, who?resigned from her post Thursday rather than obey an order from President?Trump’s Justice Department?to kill the case, also blasts the “rushed and superficial” reasoning that she says was behind Washington DC’s demand.
“Because the law does not support a dismissal, and because I am confident that Adams has committed the crimes with which he is charged, I cannot agree to seek a dismissal driven by improper considerations,” wrote Sassoon, a Republican.

The former clerk for conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia also explicitly accused Adams of offering to help Trump’s immigration agenda in exchange for the case being dropped.

“Rather than be rewarded, Adams’s advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case,” she wrote.
The Manhattan feds’ proposed new expanded indictment “would add an obstruction conspiracy count based on evidence that Adams destroyed and instructed others to destroy evidence and provide false information to the FBI,” reads the stunning letter, sent by Sassoon Wednesday to US Attorney General Pam Bondi.
The new charges would also expand on allegations that Adams asked for illegal donations from Turkish nationals as part of a “fraudulent straw donor scheme,” the letter reveals.
Sassoon says in the letter that she could no longer “credibly represent the government before the courts” if she caved to Justice Department officials’ demand for her to move to drop Adams’ case.
Acting US Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove, formerly one of Trump’s criminal attorneys in his hush money case, fired back with his own letter Thursday accepting Sassoon’s resignation — and accusing her of pressing on with a “politically motivated prosecution” in spite of main Justice’s orders.
The Manhattan federal prosecutors’ office has a centuries-old reputation for independence from officials in Washington, DC. It’s often referred to as the “Sovereign District.”
But those days of independence are over, declared Bove, himself a former alum of the office’s terrorism division.
“No US Attorney’s Office is a separate sovereign,” Bove told The Post in a statement. “I concluded earlier this week that the prosecution of Mayor Adams must be dismissed in order to prioritize national security and public safety over continuing with a case that has been tainted from the start by troubling tactics,” Bove added.
“There is no room at the Justice Department for attorneys who refuse to execute on the priorities of the Executive Branch — priorities determined by the American people. I look forward to working with new leadership at SDNY on the important priorities President Trump has laid out for us to make America safe again.”
Adams, 64, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he took $123,000 worth of travel-perk bribes from Turks in exchange for fast-tracking the opening of the Turkish Consulate in Manhattan. He is also charged with soliciting illegal donations from Turks who poured tens of thousands in illegal funds into his 2021 mayoral campaign.