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ABC’s Jon Karl: Prosecutors’ exodus from DOJ compares to ‘darkest days of Watergate’
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:29 am
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:29 am
ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl on Sunday compared recent resignations by career prosecutors at the Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Trump to “the darkest days of Watergate.”
Karl was referencing resignations that have occurred in the Southern District of New York after federal prosecutors were ordered by a top DOJ official to dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams (D), who has aligned himself with President Trump in recent weeks.
“The top prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, a highly respected conservative who was appointed by Donald Trump, blasted the move, and she resigned in protest,” Karl said during ABC’s “This Week.” “Six other career prosecutors followed her lead and resigned — an exodus that has drawn comparisons to the darkest days of Watergate.”
“Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said social media last week.
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Karl was referencing resignations that have occurred in the Southern District of New York after federal prosecutors were ordered by a top DOJ official to dismiss corruption charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams (D), who has aligned himself with President Trump in recent weeks.
“The top prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, a highly respected conservative who was appointed by Donald Trump, blasted the move, and she resigned in protest,” Karl said during ABC’s “This Week.” “Six other career prosecutors followed her lead and resigned — an exodus that has drawn comparisons to the darkest days of Watergate.”
“Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said social media last week.
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Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:31 am to Jbird
Remind me, didn’t Bill Clinton fire every US attorney en masse, including Rudy Giuliani coming off some massive victories over the Mafia?
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:32 am to Jbird
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an exodus that has drawn comparisons to the darkest days of Watergate
By whom Jonathan? Be specific.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:33 am to Jbird
And the DC housing market continues to crumble 
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:34 am to teke184
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Remind me, didn’t Bill Clinton fire every US attorney en masse, including Rudy Giuliani coming off some massive victories over the Mafia?
Seems like yesterday.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:35 am to Jbird
quote:If she wants attention, she can get an OnlyFans page.
The top prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, a highly respected conservative who was appointed by Donald Trump, blasted the move, and she resigned in protest
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:38 am to Jbird
Watergate doesn't hold a candle to muh Russia hoax. Watergate was internal. Muh Russia had international relationships involved. I guess when we have US Senators still acting as though Trump Russia was a thing the corporate media will act as though it was a thing.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:43 am to Jbird
Darkest days? What Obama did in 2016 was vastly worse than Watergate. Not in the same ballpark. Not in the same galaxy. Weaponizing FISA warrants then leaking the information to the press. They did everything possible using the media, FBI & FISA courts to block Trump from winning in 2016. It isn't even close.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:44 am to Jbird
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ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl
stopped reading right there
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:46 am to Jbird
Not muh institution!
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:47 am to Jbird
Lawyers are a dime a dozen and none of these people are needed. I government is in the situation it’s in because of incompetent US attorneys!
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:48 am to NIH
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Not muh institution!
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:50 am to Jbird
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ABC’s Jon Karl
Is completely powerless in controlling his TDS.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:51 am to Jbird
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ABC News journalist Jonathan Karl
Jonathan Karl Marx? Coincidence?
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:51 am to HonoraryCoonass
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Is completely powerless in controlling his TDS.
I mean like most of them he’s not a journalist he’s a paid political operative who happens to specialize in broadcast media.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:52 am to tide06
quote:An extension of the Dem mass media program.
I mean like most of them he’s not a journalist he’s a paid political operative who happens to specialize in broadcast media.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:53 am to teke184
Karl is every bit as much of a bought-and-paid-for bitch as Stephanopoulos.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 9:53 am to teke184
Quick search found this from the Millennium Report:
The article also states this led to the lawlessness from the DOJ and FBI from the Bush and Obama era.
We have all had front row seats to this.
Looks like President Trump has more work to do.
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But there can be no doubt that the undercurrents of the Era of William Jefferson Clinton are unprecedented. While the US press barked and howled with pitiful irrelevance about Clinton’s $200 haircut, he quietly became the first US President in the nation’s history to fire every US Attorney in the country. When he fired William Sessions in July 1993, it was ALSO the first time in American history that a President and summarily dismissed an FBI director.
The article also states this led to the lawlessness from the DOJ and FBI from the Bush and Obama era.
We have all had front row seats to this.
Looks like President Trump has more work to do.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 10:07 am to teke184
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Remind me, didn’t Bill Clinton fire every US attorney en masse, including Rudy Giuliani coming off some massive victories over the Mafia?
These guys aren't being fired though. They are resigning because they don't agree with what POTUS is doing. I am 99% behind Trump but something about this doesn't sit right. I'd like to see the Eric Adams investigation play out to see what the guy was actually doing. It isn't like it was some republican justice department that started this investigation. It really looks like Adams was involved in suck frickery.
Posted on 2/17/25 at 10:07 am to teke184
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Remind me, didn’t Bill Clinton fire every US attorney en masse, including Rudy Giuliani coming off some massive victories over the Mafia?
Rudy left SDNY in 1989 to go into private practice.
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