Danielle Sassoon, serving as the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, met with Emil Bove, the Justice Department official who ordered her to drop the case against New York City mayor Eric Adams, the center of a quid pro quo scheme in which for dropping corruption charges against him, he would enforce the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Sassoon refused and resigned her position. In her letter of resignation, she said the order to dismiss the case was “inconsistent with my ability and duty to prosecute federal crimes without fear or favor and to advance good-faith arguments before the courts.” In her decision, she said she has always considered it her obligation “to pursue justice impartially, without favor to the wealthy or those who occupy important public office, or harsher treatment for the less powerful.” As a conservative, and as a Trump appointee, Sassoon might have been expected to remain mute and simply follow orders. She did not.