Damian Williams, The First Black U.S. Attorney For The Southern District Of New York, Is 'Relentless'
Who will power lawyer Damian Williams prosecute next? It seems like he has his sights set on New York Mayor Eric Adams.
Damian Williams (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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When I became U.S. Attorney, I promised that we would be relentless in rooting out corruption in our financial markets. This is what relentless looks like.
— Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in comments given on the courthouse steps following Sam Bankman-Fried’s conviction on money laundering and fraud charges. In a recent profile in New York Magazine, Williams reaffirmed his beliefs, stating, “There should not be two standards of justice in this country, one for blue-collar crime and one for white-collar crime. I have always bristled at the expectation that white-collar criminals should get white-glove treatment.” Williams is the first Black U.S. Attorney in the Southern District, which has existed for 232 years.
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