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2020-06-21 Fifth Column

Manhattan U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman canned, sez he is leaving post

[The Hill] Manhattan U.S. attorney Geoffrey Berman announced Saturday evening that he will be leaving his post with the Southern District of New York (SDNY) "effective immediately" after U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr said he had requested his official firing from President Trump.

"In light of Attorney General Barr’s decision to respect the normal operation of law and have Deputy U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss become Acting U.S. Attorney, I will be leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, effective immediately," Berman said in a statement Saturday.

The Justice Department announced late Friday that it would replace Berman and that Berman had "stepped down."

Later that night, Berman said that he had no intention of resigning from his post.

On Saturday, Barr sent Berman a letter notifying him that President Trump had agreed to fire him, saying he had "chosen public spectacle over public service."

"Because you have declared that you have no intention of resigning, I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and he has done so," Barr wrote.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-21 01:53|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 I remember when Obean took office, all of Bush's AGs were fired. File under 'so what'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-06-21 02:47|| 2020-06-21 02:47|| Front Page Top

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