Jun 21, 2020 · President Trump on Saturday personally fired the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman, according to a statement by U.S. Attorney General William Barr,...
Mar 07, 2022 · Susan Hoffinger, an experienced attorney, has been appointed to lead the investigative team. The New York Times first reported that the resignations followed a decision by Bragg to stop presenting...
Jun 20, 2020 · President Trump fired the US Attorney who refused to resign at Attorney General Bill Barr’s request. The attorney, Goeffrey Berman suggested he was being forced out as part of a cover-up. Meanwhile, he’s been on a two-and-a-half-year fishing expedition to find fault with the President’s finances and to pursue charges against former mayor Rudy Giuliani, the President’s …
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Albany County District Attorney | Orange County District Attorney |
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Cayuga County District Attorney | Rensselaer County Attorney |
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Attorney General of New York Letitia James | |
New York Secretary of State Robert Rodriguez | |
New York Public Service Commission James Alesi | $127,000 |
New York Commissioner of Agriculture Richard A. Ball | $120,800 |
Berman said that in the 48 hours before he was fired, he refused to resign on two occasions, contrary to a statement the Justice Department released at the time, and that to get him to leave, the attorney general offered him several other high-profile jobs.
That night, the Justice Department issued a release claiming that Berman had resigned, only hours after Berman had again refused to resign in a brief phone call with Barr, he told the House panel in his statement. Berman issued his own release, denying that he had resigned. Word of Barr's announcement caught senior officials in ...
The attorney general's office did not respond to a request for comment. Barr will testify before a House Committee later this month, and he is likely to be asked about Berman's ouster. Berman said a member of Barr's staff unexpectedly emailed him June 18 to schedule an afternoon meeting in New York.
WASHINGTON — Geoffrey Berman, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, on Thursday described a pressure campaign led by Attorney General William Barr to get him to leave his post as one of the nation's most powerful federal prosecutors. Berman detailed in closed-door testimony to the House Judiciary Committee some ...
Geoffrey S. Berman issued a statement Friday night asserting that he will not , in fact, resign — in direct opposition to an announcement that he was stepping down made hours earlier from Attorney General William Barr.
Berman’s ongoing investigations — fishing expeditions — reportedly include probes into the finances of Trump’s inaugural celebrations and into billions in Deutsche Bank loans made to Trump’s company and to the businesses of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
President Donald Trump declined to accept the resignations of Dana Boente (left) and Rod Rosenstein (right). Trump declined to accept the resignations of Boente (Eastern District of Virginia), who was serving as Acting Deputy Attorney General, and Rosenstein (District of Maryland), whom Trump had selected to become Deputy Attorney General.
National Review pointed out that Janet Reno began her tenure as President Bill Clinton 's attorney general in March 1993 by firing U.S. attorneys for 93 of the 94 federal districts, this being more than twice as many as Trump attorney general Sessions fired on Friday.