Former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman told lawmakers that Attorney General Barr repeatedly pressured him to step down voluntarily and warned him that being fired would hurt his career and future job prospects
Former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who was ousted last month by President Trump, told lawmakers that Attorney General William Barr repeatedly pressured him to step down voluntarily and warned him that being fired would hurt his career and future job prospects.
In testimony Thursday during a closed-door hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, Mr. Berman described a tense meeting with Mr. Barr at the Pierre Hotel in New York, where he was called with little explanation, according to a copy of Mr. Berman’s opening...
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