In his suit, Donlon claims in his brief time in the #NYPD to have “uncovered systemic #corruption & #criminal conduct being perpetrated by the NYPD’s leadership.” He says that when he reported his findings to the mayor, #EricAdams “condoned the misconduct,” allowing the wrongdoing to continue.
The commissioner, Thomas G. Donlon, a fmr #FBI ofcl, was appointed in the fall of 2024 to stabilize a shaky #NYPD that had been micromanaged by Mayor #EricAdams, a fmr captain on the force. Donlon stepped down weeks into the job after federal agents searched his home for #ClassifiedDocuments in an unrelated investigation.
Ex-Commissioner Sues, Saying #EricAdams Ran #NYPD as a #Criminal Enterprise
Thomas G. Donlon, who served only weeks, said in a lawsuit that New York’s mayor & top department officials had manipulated the system for personal & political gain.
#law #Trump #DOJ #QuidProQuo #EmilBove #DanielleSassoon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/nyregion/nypd-lawsuit-rico-donlon-eric-adams.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
…#EmilBove also faced sharp questions about his ordering the dismissal of #EricAdams’ corruption case, which led to the resignation of a top prosecutor in New York & several other #DOJ officials. #DanielleSassoon, then-interim #USattorney for the #SDNY, cited her objections to what she called a political “#QuidProQuo” with Adams’ legal team for the mayor to enforce #Trump’s #immigration policies only if he was freed from the looming prosecution.
A lawyer who was asked to offer *independent* arguments on the #Justice Dept’s motion to dismiss #corruption charges against #NYC Mayor #EricAdams of told a judge on Friday that he should end the prosecution.
But the lawyer, #PaulClement, said the judge should not allow the Trump admin to use the threat of #criminal charges to compel Adams’ political support.
#law #QuidProQuo #immigration #DanielleSassoon
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregion/paul-clement-adams-case-dismissal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AD05C050-FABC-4A0E-B8CF-E411402E6B46
It is worth noting that #DanielleSassoon, the former head of the Manhattan prosecutor’s office, said there was indeed a #QuidProQuo offered by #EricAdams’s lawyer in a meeting she attended, & that one of her prosecutors took notes & got scolded for doing so by #EmilBove, who had the notes collected at the end of the meeting.
The judge then turns to #EmilBove’s order to the acting US attorney in Manhattan, #DanielleSassoon, instructing her to abandon the case. The judge asks whether Ho can consider what is in the memo, & Bove says “no.” He says that case #law suggests that Ho does not have the discretion to do so, even as he acknowledges whether a judge is entitled to inquire whether the order was made “in bad faith.”
#EmilBove concedes that #EricAdams can have his security clearance restored even if the case proceeds undermines a central contention in his argument for the case’s dismissal.
In his Feb 13 letter to #DanielleSassoon, the first US atty who resigned, Bove wrote that a lack of security clearance meant, “He cannot speak to federal officials regarding imminent security threats to the city.…This situation is unacceptable & directly endangers the lives of millions of New Yorkers.”
The letter, dated Feb 17, comes days after a slew of career prosecutors resigned over the #DOJ's decision to drop its case against NYC mayor #EricAdams so that Adams can assist #Trump on #immigration.
#DanielleSassoon, the fmr acting head of the US attorney's office in Manhattan & one of the officials who resigned, described the deal as a "#QuidProQuo" in a letter last week to AG #PamBondi.
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