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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ariana Baio

Three prosecutors in Eric Adams case quit, claiming they were being pressured to admit ‘regret and wrongdoing’

Three federal prosecutors who worked on New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s criminal case resigned from their positions on Tuesday, claiming the Justice Department was pressuring them to “admit some wrongdoing” for refusing to dismiss the case.

The attorneys, Celia V. Cohen, Andrew Rohrbach and Derek Wikstrom, said they had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to make the motion to dismiss the bribery case against Adams.

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