Trump Says Prosecutors Who Resigned in Eric Adams’ Case Were ‘All Being Dismissed Anyway’

Federal prosecutors resigned this week when the Justice Department dropped corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams in an alleged deal tied to his new alliance with immigration officials. President Donald Trump dismissed the departures as meaningless.

“Well, I don’t know about it, and obviously I’m not involved in that,” Trump said when pressed by reporters. “But I would say this: that what if they had a problem, and these are mostly people from the previous administration, you understand? So they weren’t going to be there anyway. They were going to all be gone or dismissed, if not.”

Trump’s comments came after Danielle R. Sassoon, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, resigned following Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove’s order to drop the corruption case against Adams. Sassoon, appointed by Trump just three weeks ago, accused Adams’ legal team of pushing a quid pro quo—offering immigration enforcement support in exchange for the case’s dismissal. Several senior Washington prosecutors also resigned in protest.

“When you say, resign, they’re going to be gone anyway. But I know nothing about the individual case,” Trump said. “They also felt that it was unfair with the election. Look, I would know that better than anybody, because I was weaponized more than any human being in the history, probably, of the world.”

Adams appeared on Fox News Friday alongside Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, to discuss immigration—a move Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) called “so disgusting, it’s what you’d see on Russian television.”

Meanwhile, calls for his resignation are mounting.

“Mayor Adams should step down,” New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado said.