6 resignations over Adams' graft case

Manhattan's US attorney Thursday resigned rather than obey an order from a top justice department official to drop the corruption case against New York City's mayor,

Eric Adams

. Then, when officials transferred the case to the public integrity section in Washington, which oversees

corruption prosecutions

, the two men who led that unit resigned, sources said. Hours later, three other lawyers in the unit resigned.
The

resignations

represent the most high-profile public opposition so far to President Trump's tightening control over the justice department.