Today, a break from my ceaseless whining about our convicted felon president and his loyal band of malcontents and frauds (and a shout out to new U.S. Mountebank Kennedy—welcome!).
While I take a break, I ask that you read something, specifically the letter submitted by S.D.N.Y interim U.S. attorney Danielle R. Sassoon to Trump defense lawyer Emil Bove III, in which she refuses to break the law and give NYC mayor Eric Adams a pass on numerous charges, a Trump-authorized quid-pro-quo so that said mayor can aid and abet Trump on the continued assault on undocumented immigrants.
It's a long letter, but read at least some of it, if for no other reason than to know that the legal system is filled with professionals who take their oaths seriously—up to the point of losing their jobs—and that they are stuck working for amateurs who are daily flouting their oath of office and choosing loyalty to a convicted felon over allegiance to America's Constitution.
But read it also because, in Bove's mean-spirited, spiteful, and nasty reply, you will hear the echo of that loathsome vengeance of the president. But something else which may buoy your spirits a little. Bove's tongue-tied and semi-literate tantrum illustrates what happens when a dishonest fraud encounters truth and integrity. Bove III wouldn't even meet with Ms. Sassoon—that's his shame and disgrace; it's her victory, pyrrhic though some may call it.
Both letters are available on the Times website and probably everywhere. Consider it a Valentine's cautionary tale and maybe a Valentine's card to those looking for the occasional bright spot.
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