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Adams Prosecutors Resign, Saying DOJ Asked Them to ‘Confess’ Wrongdoing
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Three federal prosecutors who worked on the corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams resigned over what they characterized as Justice Department demands that they express regret and “confess” wrongdoing.
Assistant Manhattan US Attorneys Celia V. Cohen, Andrew Rohrbach and Derek Wikstrom were previously put on administrative leave after the Trump administration sought to end the Adams case, claiming it was interfering with the mayor’s cooperation on immigration enforcement. A number of other federal prosecutors already resigned rather than follow orders to drop the case.