The Justice Department's decision to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams has prompted a wave of resignations that now triples the 1973 "Saturday Night Massacre," in which President Richard Nixon's Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General resigned over the dismissal of special prosecutor Archibald Cox that took place in the United States Department of Justice during the infamous Watergate scandal.
"The number of resignations today in protest of DoJ's order to dismiss the Adams case is now triple the number that occurred during the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre," said NBC News Justice and Intelligence Correspondent, quoting his colleague Ryan J. Reilly. "There is shock and dismay across the legal community, regardless of partisan allegiance."
