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Attorney General Bill Barr announced Friday night that U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman was stepping down.
Berman oversaw one of the highest profile districts in the country and many politically charged prosecutors, including those over President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen and investigations into hush money payments during the 2016 election.
Several hours later, Berman released a statement, saying "I learned in a press release from the Attorney General tonight that I was ‘stepping down’ as United States Attorney. I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position."
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[Justice Department says Geoffrey Berman, US attorney in NYC who oversaw investigations of Trump allies, is resigning](https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/Alert-Justic
... keep reading on reddit ➡DailyMail.co.uk | 21 Jul 2020
Ghislaine Maxwell hired fake news purveyor Jacob Wohl to smear her and Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims, a former friend has told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview.
As part of a $25,000 deal made in June, Wohl and his lobbyist colleague Jack Burkman also allegedly pushed to get New York US Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who had led Epstein's case, fired in order to stall or stop the criminal investigation into Maxwell.
Wohl and Burkman are far-right lobbyists who have become a laughing stock in DC after several failed attempts to smear top political figures including Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Cruz, Robert Mueller and Dr. Anthony Fauci by paying women to make false claims of sordid affairs and drug-dealing.
One of the women they tried to use for their smear plots, Maryland model and paralegal Kristin Spealman, told DailyMail.com the men had been hired by Maxwell, who currently faces trial over charges she and Epstein trafficked underage girls for sex.
Spealman, 36, said the lobbyists bragged to her they had been hired in early June for $25,000 to dig up dirt on Maxwell's alleged sex trafficking
... keep reading on reddit ➡Late yesterday, Attorney General Bill Barr said in a press release that the chief prosecutor for SDNY, US Attorney Geoffrey Berman, was "stepping down" from that position. The administration named a new acting head of the office and also disclosed who they would be nominating as the permanent replacement. However, Berman responded by releasing a statement (mirror) saying he wasn't leaving:
> I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate. Until then, our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption.
This situation sets up an unusual conflict. Generally, the AG has the right to fire any prosecutor, but the special circumstance here is that Berman was not actually confirmed by the Senate, but rather, was appointed by the judges of the district.
That being the case, can the AG or President actually fire him? What can they do if he refuses to leave? What are the wider implications of a confrontation like this with a prosecutor who is in charge of the district where the president's businesses operate and office that has prosecuted many of his associates?
UPDATE 1: AG Barr sent a letter to Berman advising him that he has been fired by the President, citing the precedent that allows the President to remove him even without a Senate confirmed replacement, and addressing Berman's implication that cur
... keep reading on reddit ➡https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/statement-us-attorney-geoffrey-s-berman-announcement-attorney-general-barr&ved=2ahUKEwjJ-MXWrJDqAhVFWs0KHdraBZ8QFjALegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw3iSg7J5VXtFoFCG14fsAhw
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