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To the Editor:
Re “Justice Officials Resign in Protest Over Adams Case” (front page, Feb. 14):
We are the leaders of the New York County Lawyers Association. For 117 years, our association has stood for upholding the rule of law and applying it fairly to all people, no matter their race, creed or position.
We are appalled by the news of the acting U.S. attorney Danielle Sassoon’s resignation in the face of her Justice Department superiors’ order to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams for what, according to the internal correspondence, appear to be political, nonlegal reasons.
This is the way the rule of law is undermined. We are watching it in real time. We are heartened by the courage shown by Ms. Sassoon and her colleagues who also resigned over this order, but it will take far more than a handful of lawyers to stand up to this raw exercise of power.
Adrienne B. Koch
Richard P. Swanson
Ronald C. Minkoff
New York
The writers are, respectively, the president, president-elect and vice president of the New York County Lawyers Association.
To the Editor:
I am a retired assistant U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York. I worked with and supervised Danielle Sassoon and Hagan Scotten. They are two of the most principled and ethical prosecutors I worked with in my 20 years at the Southern District. Their ethics cannot seriously be questioned, especially by this administration.
To Danielle, I say thank you. Thank you for your bravery. Thank you for your voice. Thank you for standing up for the rule of law. Thank you, Hagan, for pursuing justice without fear or favor. I am so grateful for the two of you and honored to have worked with you.
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