"But we have a very capable attorney general. That's his department, not my department," Trump told reporters as he was leaving the White House for a campaign rally in Tulsa, Okla. "Attorney General Barr is working on that. attorney.ĭespite Barr invoking his name, President Trump attempted to distance himself from the firing. Attorney Audrey Strauss to become acting U.S. "Because you have declared that you have no intention of resigning, I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and he has done so."īy Saturday evening, Berman confirmed that he would indeed step down, effective immediately, and allow for Deputy U.S. ![]() "Unfortunately, with your statement of last night, you have chosen public spectacle over public service," Barr said in a letter to Berman Saturday. attorney for the Southern District of New York, from office, ending the tenure of a top Justice Department official whose office has overseen the prosecutions of several of the president's associates.Īttorney General William Barr announced the termination Saturday, less than a day after initially suggesting that Berman was resigning - only to be contradicted by Berman himself. ![]() President Trump has removed Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. ![]() Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman speaks to reporters last year about two Florida men associated with President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani and the Ukraine investigation.
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