A watchdog organization is calling on the Justice Department’s attorney misconduct office to investigate acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove’s “partisan” order to dismiss charges against New York’s mayor.
Bove potentially violated multiple New York attorney ethics rules and DOJ policies by directing prosecutors to partake in “what appears to be a corrupt quid pro quo deal,” the Campaign for Accountability said in a complaint filed Monday with the department’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
The complaint, which echoes similar accusations made by two Democratic senators Feb. 27, puts Bove in a somewhat awkward situation of possibly facing a probe from ...
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