The Manhattan prosecutor, whose replacement Donald Trump had promised to replace, resigns

The district attorney of Manhattan, New York, one of the most sensitive in the United States, where rapper P. Diddy and the city's mayor, Eric Adams, are indicted, announced his resignation on Monday, November 25, before the arrival at the White House of Donald Trump, who had promised to replace him. “Today is a bittersweet day for me, as I announce my resignation from the post of prosecutor [fédéral] of the Southern District of New York »wrote Damian Williams, who made the history of American justice by becoming the first African-American prosecutor to be appointed to this position in New York.

“It’s a bitter day because I’m leaving my dream job”more “I am sure that I am leaving at a time when this prosecution is performing incredibly well, above its already high standards of excellence, integrity and independence”adds the 44-year-old magistrate, appointed by Joe Biden, and whose resignation will be effective on December 13.

Donald Trump is accused of appointing close people to the Justice Department to serve his interests. During his campaign, he promised to fire special prosecutor Jack Smith, who led the investigation into him for his alleged illicit attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and he appointed his own lawyers to positions- keys to the Ministry of Justice.

Sensitive and high-profile cases

He also announced, after his victory over Kamala Harris, that he would appoint Jay Clayton, who works in a business law firm and was chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the federal agency, to the post of Manhattan prosecutor. regulation and supervision of financial markets.

The Manhattan prosecutor's office may be required to investigate large American companies and sensitive and high-profile cases. At its head, Damian Williams notably led the indictments of the rapper and producer P. Diddy, accused of having taken advantage of his notoriety and his power to sexually exploit dozens of people, or of the current mayor of New York, Eric Adams, in a corruption case. They were not tried and pleaded not guilty.

Former cryptocurrency king Sam Bankman-Fried was also sentenced to twenty-five years in prison for one of the worst financial frauds in recent history, while former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to twenty years in prison for sex trafficking of minors on behalf of American financier Jeffrey Epstein.