Powerful U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman fought removal from his post, where he was overseeing an investigation into Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
President Trump on Saturday fired a top federal prosecutor who has overseen sensitive investigations into the president’s allies, taking aim at yet another government official who has exposed misdeeds or maladministration by Trump or his appointees and associates.
Barr and New York’s top federal prosecutor had clashed on Friday in dueling statements, with Barr announcing the prosecutor’s resignation and Berman pledging to remain in his job to ensure “important cases continue unimpeded.” Story continues“It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve as this district’s U.S. attorney and a custodian of its proud legacy,” Berman said.
Giuliani played a leading role in trying to dig up dirt in Ukraine on former Vice President Joe Biden, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine’s president to investigate Biden and his son led to the president’s impeachment in December. Not long after Barr announced the resignation, Berman fired back, issuing a public statement that he had 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.”
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