The Justice Department on Friday put three federal prosecutors in Manhattan on leave, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two of the prosecutors — Andrew Rohrbach and Celia Cohen — worked on the prosecution of New York City Mayor Eric Adams<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rohrbach also worked on the successful prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, former crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried and lawyer Michael Avenatti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cohen worked on multiple mob cases and prosecutions of violent street gangs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The third individual placed on leave — a member of the office’s civil division — posted about Elon Musk and Ed Martin, a leader of the Stop the Steal movement and President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., the sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York declined to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Justice Department moved to dismiss corruption charges against Adams, prompting the resignations of several prosecutors<\/a> in New York and Washington, including Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney in Manhattan, who accused the mayor and the Justice Department of negotiating a quid pro quo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n