this week, maryam hassanein, special assistant at the u.s. interior department, became the 12th person to quit over biden's support for the gaza assault. at 24 years old, she's the youngest such resignee. in 2020, she cast her first-ever vote for president of the united states for joe biden. she spoke to democracy now! on tuesday. >> i resigned ultimately because i felt it necessary to advocate for palestinians who are at the hands of israel undergoing a genocide and with the u.s. kind of funding and backing and support of israel, i felt being in the executive branch, especially being -- it made me complicit, may be associated with the thing that i definitely most don't want to be associated with. amy: to see our interviews with other biden administration officials who've resigned to protest u.s. support for the assault on gaza, go to democracynow.org. here in new york a manhattan judge has postponed donald trump's felony sentencing trial until september 18. trump faces 34 felony charges of attempting to unlawfully influence the 2016 presiden