Pam Bondi's Order to Dismiss Eric Adams' Indictment Has Triggered 3 Times More Legal Resignations Than the Watergate Scandal
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Other legal experts have drawn comparisons to past instances of executive overreach, such as the firing of FBI Director James Comey during Trump's first term

Summary

The Justice Department’s decision to dismiss bribery charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams has led to a wave of resignations, tripling those of the 1973 “Saturday Night Massacre.”

Six senior officials, including Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, stepped down in protest, citing concerns over political interference.

Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove ordered the dismissal, arguing the case was “weaponization” of the justice system.

Legal experts see parallels to past executive overreach, raising alarm over the independence of the Southern District of New York.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    24·
    6 days ago

    Watergate is as far as you can draw a direct line. That’s when Roger Ailes really started working on right-wing television. That got us Fox News, and here we are today.

    • Azal@pawb.social
      3·
      5 days ago

      Watergate is as far as you can draw a direct line.

      I’d say Nixon administration as a whole. They picked up the dixiecrats post Civil Rights movement. Look up Nixon’s political Strategist Kevin Phillips and his discussion on the Southern Strategy where it was specifically targeting the racist whites to bring them into the Republican party.

      But then that’s the part where I can say goes all the way back to slavery, but hey, if you grew up in the South the Civil War was never quite over even to modern era. But I’d definitely say the Southern Strategy the Republicans put into place would be where I’d say the beginning of drawing a direct line to where we’re at now.

      • nomy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        but hey, if you grew up in the South the Civil War was never quite over even to modern era.

        This right here. Reconstruction was a failure, a lot of traitors should’ve been tried, not allowed to go home with dignity and honor. Lands should’ve been confiscated and given to the newly freed peoples, 40 acres and a mule should’ve been the law. The racism never went away it just learned to hide behind code words and shared looks.

        • Azal@pawb.social
          2·
          5 days ago

          The racism never went away it just learned to hide behind code words and shared looks.

          Ah yes, the Lee Atwater strategy to bring in the Reagan administration. It’s not blacks they’re against, just “Welfare queens.”

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      With all historicism, how direct a line you can draw depends on how zoomed out you are. There are larger trends and forces at play that began with the Black Plague or further, from a certain altitude.

      But your point is well made, there are very concrete elements in motion that began with Watergate.