Former Manhattan US Lawyer Damian Williams rushed to cost Huge Apple Mayor Eric Adams – then grandstanded in regards to the corruption case to additional his personal profession, a high Justice Division official claimed Thursday.
In a searing memo to Williams’ successor Danielle Sassoon, Performing Deputy Lawyer Common Emil Bove blasted Williams for “inappropriately politiciz[ing] and taint[ing]” the the historic case he filed in opposition to Adams in September.
He famous that Williams launched a private web site akin to a “campaign website” crammed with puff-piece tales about his prosecutions of Adams and Sean “Diddy” Combs and penned a January op-ed in Metropolis & State New York titled, “An indictment of the sad state of New York government.”
“You did not directly defend the former U.S. Attorney’s behavior in response to a recent defense motion. Nor could you,” Bove wrote to Sassoon, who tendered resignation Thursday by refusing to heed DOJ orders and drop the case in opposition to Adams.
“His actions inappropriately politicized and tainted your office’s prosecution, potentially permanently.”
Bove mentioned Williams was motivated to shortly indict Adams as a result of the ex-US lawyer of the Southern District of New York was “pursuing potential political appointments in the event Kamala Harris won that election.”
A Biden appointee, Williams served within the high publish for 3 years and stepped down after President Trump was elected.
He has since taken a job on the non-public regulation agency Paul Weiss.
