In this New York Daily News article, Fordham Law Professor Bruce Green, director of the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics, reflects on acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove’s memo to drop the public corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
Former Manhattan federal prosecutor and Fordham Law School professor Bruce Green, who heads the Louis Stein Center for Law and Ethics’, on Friday said Bove’s memo to drop the case was “abusive” and that Sassoon had made the right choice.
“One can only conclude that the decision was made for improper partisan political reasons. Prosecutors are not permitted to prosecute, threaten to prosecute, or decline to prosecute, to serve partisan political ends,” Green said.
“There is not always a judicial remedy when they do that, but that is still an abusive — indeed, unconstitutional — use of government power. Ms. Sassoon rightly refused to be a party to that impropriety. The acting U.S. Attorney’s resignation is in the best professional tradition of her Office and of the Department of Justice.”