BREAKING: President Trump has fired the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, according to Attorney General Bill Barr, who announced the move in a letter sent Saturday afternoon.
President Donald Trump has fired the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, according to Attorney General Bill Barr, who announced the move in a letter sent Saturday afternoon. Trump, meanwhile, told reporters that Geoffrey Berman’s fate is up to Barr, and that he is “not involved.”
Barr wrote that Berman’s top deputy, Audrey Strauss, will take over as temporary head of the office “until a permanent successor is in place.” Barr’s statement last night, however, said New Jersey U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito would take over the office. Recently, the office made international news for sparring with Prince Andrew in an effort to secure the British royal’s testimony for an investigation involving the activities of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Berman’s ouster comes days after a forthcoming memoir by former national security adviser John Bolton claimed that Trump once sought to remove prosecutors at the Southern District at the behest of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Halkbank, which stands accused of laundering billions for the sanctioned Iranian regime, pleaded not guilty in March following a federal indictment.
The fate of Clayton's nomination is also uncertain. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, said Saturday he had not heard from the Trump administration about its plans to replace Berman but praised Clayton as "a fine man and accomplished lawyer."
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