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The Jim Acosta Show

Norm Eisen on SDNY resignations, Ezra Levin on Democratic Party options plus Manuel Oliver on "Guac."

The Jim Acosta Show

Jim Acosta

News, Politics

4.9634 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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0:00.0

All right. Happy Valentine's Day. It is February 14th. There is always love in the air at the Jim

0:25.9

Acosta show. Thank you for joining me on this Friday. I'm not so sure about the mood at the U.S.

0:31.8

Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York. Everything is not coming up roses there,

0:37.1

as top prosecutors in that office

0:38.8

have resigned over alleged pressure from the Justice Department to drop corruption charges

0:43.6

against Mayor Eric Adams in exchange for his help with Trump's mass deportations. You can see

0:49.6

Norm Eisenright there on the screen. He's with the contrary, and he joins me in just a moment to discuss.

0:55.1

I do want to get everybody caught up on this case because there are a few headlines to go over.

0:59.9

The New York Times reporting, Mayor Eric Adams, is facing calls to resign, quote, one day after a

1:05.5

fuller picture of the arrangement that led to the Justice Department seeking to drop corruption charges

1:10.2

against him began to emerge.

1:12.5

The Times says this. The revelations came in part from the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan,

1:17.0

Danielle Sassoon, who resigned rather than follow orders from Justice Department officials in Washington to drop the case.

1:23.5

She accused Adams' lawyers of negotiating for a dismissal in exchange for the mayor's help with Trump's immigration crackdown.

1:31.0

According to the Times, the lead prosecutor on the investigation, Hagen Scotton, resigned as well in a scathing undated letter.

1:39.7

He wrote that any federal prosecutor, quote, would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials.

1:50.0

Now, prosecutors don't just fire off letters of resignation like this.

1:54.4

It's very important stuff.

1:56.2

I'm going to ask Norm to respond in just a moment about I wanted to add this.

1:59.5

Mediaite reporting this morning

2:01.6

during a joint appearance with the New York City mayor on Fox and Friends this morning.

2:07.3

Trump borders are, Tom Homan, did you see this?

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