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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This firing is an example of trumps insecurity.
Worse than Nixon
Murica goes banana republic ...😂
Is that the same prosecutor responsible for undercharging Epstein?
CrookedGOP DerangedDonald
Another Fri night massacre. How long will the GOP remain silent while Trump does his best to prevent any oversight into his administration? Trump is following the dictator's playbook step by step.
Where’s the link to AG Barr’s letter? Don’t you think we’re intelligent enough to read it?
Good.
But Trump says he hasn’t
The Dictatorship has begun, AG Barr is an enemy of the state. GOP and Dems are complicit sitting back watching this shameful actions take place. All toprotect Trump buddy Giuliani and his crew. Civil unrest coming soon!!
get it straight !! This is not what happened
Barr and trump they need to get there lies straight before they let the public know about corruption! barrsavemebeforeileaveoffice.
So Barr the fixer must resign now.
haha haha!
Drain the swamp.
To bad he can’t fire a lying tabloid like you
So you confirmed that 45 signed the firing letter ?
Barr needs to be impeached
When is there going to be an uprising against this CRIMINAL!! This is headed towards Fascism.
Wait, so is he fired or not fired. Is realDonaldTrump in charge or not in charge?
Its his right to fire US Attorneys and US Ambassadors, they serve at the pleasure of the president. If the left disagrees, they should write a freaking constitutional amendment.
More Obstruction of Justice coming
Bull Barr is a pig of a human being.
‘Boris’ Barr needs to be impeached
Trump will hire him to represent him. This is the Trump Reality show.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out. Bye Bye.
Trump can run but he can't hide.
Goodbye
Donald denied that he fired him. Donald didn't sign the letter, only Barr did. They need to get their crime-ing straight.
Didn't Trump just say he had 'nothing to do with it'?
Uhh, he didn't. Unless you don't believe him when he said he wasn't involved. Of course, he lies incessantly. Perhaps he could not recall what Barr told him to say.
Please adjust your headline to Trump ATTEMPTS to fire top federal prosecutor. It is uncertain if he has the authority to do so given that he was appoint by judges and not a president.
Trump says Barr fired him, he was not apart of it. Lie! Can't get simplest thing right!
Doesn’t help. Trump did not appoint him.
Awesome.. draining the swamp
Attempted cover up.
Barr and Trump should both be impeached ASAP. The Trump administration is run like a mob organization. This should never be tolerated or accepted. The U. S. Congress needs to start impeachment proceedings for both ASAP.
No Trump said he has nothing to do with it:)
Meanwhile, Republicans are busy with their “Fake Rage” over a statement by Susan Rice. Which they took completely out of context.
Probably can't do it, per Federal Court order.
Lies, lies, lies everywhere! They all lie! AdministrationOfCorruption
realDonaldTrump any reason given for this rash action? New evidence implicating u in Epstein affair? Bolton book gonna Open up more cans of worms? Isn’t Berman scheduled for Congressional testimony this week? Have Cohen and Berman been talking? America deserves an explanation!!
your headline is journalistic malpractice. AG Barr is not credible and the president has already contradicted this. You should rewrite this immediately.
What can we do
Broken: The Clown hasn't done any such thing, and Barffman doesn't have the legal authority. Just more noise in the air.
Change your headline!
You need to fix your caption. Trump says he had nothing to do with the firing of Berman.
Not according to him he hasn’t. 🤦🏻♀️
Laws must change. NY needs to be sure those coming arrest records for trump are safeguarded. Right to the Supreme court
Be afraid. Be very afraid. The Nazis are now in FULL control.
Mob boss in the White House unchecked.
Fascism redux !
Unbreaking. Trump just said he wasn't involved. Barr's lying or Trump is. I would guess they both are.
Sleepy Politico. Things change fast in Trump world.
BREAKING: President Trump has not fired the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, according to President Trump.
Trump just said he had nothing to do with the firing... so who is lying
Why is everyone saying this headline is wrong? It's correct. It's says 'according to Attorney General Bill Barr'.
You need to update this. Are articles dead? Trump just said he was not involved.
Has he?
But Trump now says he didn't fire him.
Not a documented fact
When is the Constitution going to be actually burned? They’ve already torn it to shreads to suit their needs.
Trump said he was NOT involved.
Nope
The story is still evolving . He denies it even though Barr had a letter explicitly stating so.
Stop the pussyfooting around...He is obviously subverting the judicial process Off to jail with him...now
Bye jackass
Nope, Trump did not fire Geoffrey Berman. Not that Trump has the authority to fire him anymore. Has to get someone approved by Congress to replace Berman. No more temp appointments.
Nah
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