Attorney General William Barr’s most recent assessment says Geoffrey Berman was doing an exemplary job as Manhattan’s chief federal prosecutor.
"You really have to question this Friday night attempted massacre – now completed one," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told NBC's Meet the Press.
Earlier this year, the attorney general overruled prosecutors to recommend a lighter prison sentence for Trump adviser Roger Stone. More recently, he has become embroiled in an effort to abandon the prosecution of former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn. In a Saturday letter informing Berman of his dismissal, Barr rejected the prosecutor's suggestion that ongoing cases might be thwarted by the action.
In his Friday night statement, the attorney general said that the president was appointing New Jersey's chief federal prosecutor, Craig Carpenito, to serve in New York, pending Senate action on Clayton's nomination. But Barr walked that back Saturday, saying that Berman's top deputy, Audrey Strauss, would take charge as acting U.S. attorney until a replacement was seated – a move that appeared to mollify Berman's initial concerns.
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