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What is the New York Mayor and Prosecutor situation?
(self.explainlikeimfive)
New York mayor got caught soliciting and taking campaign contributions from Turkish nationals. Foreign money in our elections is supposed to be a huge no-no. The Justice Department had everything lined up ready to prosecute. In comes our mobster president who thinks "oh gee, I can use this for leverage to get what I want!" Orders the justice department to dismiss the charges "without prejudice." That term means they can bring the charges back anytime they want. This is how fanta orange plans to leverage the charges to make the mayor cooperate in his immigration sweeps. Under the Constitution state and municipal police cannot be compelled to cooperate with federal law enforcement. He sees this as an opportunity and loophole.
Because this is all so blatantly unethical 7+ justice department officials have resigned refusing to carry out the order. At least one of which is a very well respected life long conservative who is standing up to her own party leader.
Finally, New York state and the New York City municipal code allow for the governor to bring charges against the city mayor and have him removed. This part I know the least about as it's not a normal thing in US states, and it's never been done before.
Edit: I left out that the immigration cooperation for dropping charges was an actual quid pro quo requested by the mayor in discussions with the justice department officials. So that's not an assumption or being pulled out of thin air. The people in that meeting took notes and were later ordered to destroy them.