Senate Democrats asked a New York legal disciplinary panel to consider whether Emil Bove III abused his power in seeking the dismissal of the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams.
Senate Democrats asked a New York legal disciplinary panel to consider whether Emil Bove III abused his power in seeking the dismissal of the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams.
Senate Democrats asked a New York legal disciplinary panel to consider whether Emil Bove III abused his power in seeking the dismissal of the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams.
Senate Democrats on Tuesday asked a New York committee that disciplines lawyers to investigate whether the acting deputy attorney general violated rules of professional conduct by demanding that prosecutors abandon a corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York City.
The request, filed by the 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked the New York group to determine whether the official, Emil Bove III, “should be subject to disciplinary action.”
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The Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked a New York State legal committee to investigate Emil Bove III, a Justice Department official who is seeking to end the prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams of New York City.
A Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
New York’s attorney grievance committees allow lawyers to police their own. The committees, which work in private, can recommend disciplinary measures to an appeals court, including disbarment in extraordinary cases. The process often moves slowly.
Last month, Mr. Bove, a former criminal defense lawyer for President Trump, ordered Manhattan prosecutors to abandon their case against Mr. Adams. The order caused upheaval within the Department of Justice, leading to the resignation of at least eight prosecutors, including the acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Danielle R. Sassoon.
Before her resignation, Ms. Sassoon sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, accusing Mr. Adams’s defense team of arranging a quid pro quo at a meeting with department officials. She said that the defense lawyers had effectively signaled that the mayor would cooperate with Mr. Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda in exchange for the dismissal of the five charges against him.