Hagan Scotten, assistant attorney for the Southern District of New York, resigned Friday instead of dropping the criminal charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, suggesting only a “fool” would follow the order to drop the case.

Scotten said he was never directed to dismiss the charges from head SDNY attorney Danielle Sassoon, who resigned Thursday, in a hostile letter to acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove.

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