Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance has a substack article today that you should read about what it means to be a federal prosecutor. She includes a resignation letter from one of the attorneys who won't serve to dismiss the legitimate case against Mayor Eric Adams.
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The money quote:
UPDATE 08:37 am:“There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any assistant U.S. attorney would know that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens, much less elected officials, in this way. If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”
FYI: Scotten clerked for both John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh. Not exactly a whiny liberal.
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