Twitter Explodes After SDNY US Att’y Fires Back at AG Barr Over Attempt at Forcing His Resignation

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One interesting note.... Trump and Barr do not have the power to fire a U.S. Attorney that was not confirmed by the Senate but appointed by SDNY Judges. Berman does not have to resign until the Senate confirms his replacement.

Twitter Explodes After SDNY US Att’y Fires Back at AG Barr Over Attempt at Forcing His Resignation: ‘Holy Sh*t’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/twitt...-attempt-at-forcing-his-resignation-holy-sht/

Legal and political pundits were similarly aghast as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman, publicly called out Attorney General Bill Barr and announced that he was not “stepping down” despite Barr’s late Friday night press release claiming that.

Such a raw, public feud between two of the most powerful figure in the nation’s Justice Department elicited both shock and awe online and prompted the deployment of ominous terms like “unprecedented,” “truly shocking,” “constitutional crisis,” and “impeachment.” If the Trump administration was trying bury a major personnel move in the news desert before a summer weekend amid several overlapping national crises and before a huge Trump rally, the gambit seemed to backfire. Instead, numerous people, and some members of Congress, immediately called for oversight and public hearings about the attempted “Friday night massacre.”

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gwb-trading said:
One interesting note.... Trump and Barr do not have the power to fire a U.S. Attorney that was not confirmed by the Senate but appointed by SDNY Judges. Berman does not have to resign until the Senate confirms his replacement.
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Didnt know that
 
gwb-trading said:
One interesting note.... Trump and Barr do not have the power to fire a U.S. Attorney that was not confirmed by the Senate but appointed by SDNY Judges. Berman does not have to resign until the Senate confirms his replacement.

Twitter Explodes After SDNY US Att’y Fires Back at AG Barr Over Attempt at Forcing His Resignation: ‘Holy Sh*t’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/twitt...-attempt-at-forcing-his-resignation-holy-sht/

Legal and political pundits were similarly aghast as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman, publicly called out Attorney General Bill Barr and announced that he was not “stepping down” despite Barr’s late Friday night press release claiming that.

Such a raw, public feud between two of the most powerful figure in the nation’s Justice Department elicited both shock and awe online and prompted the deployment of ominous terms like “unprecedented,” “truly shocking,” “constitutional crisis,” and “impeachment.” If the Trump administration was trying bury a major personnel move in the news desert before a summer weekend amid several overlapping national crises and before a huge Trump rally, the gambit seemed to backfire. Instead, numerous people, and some members of Congress, immediately called for oversight and public hearings about the attempted “Friday night massacre.”

(Much more at above url)
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Haven't been following this.Do you know what case Trump is trying to stop SDNY from investigating?
 
Tony Stark said:
Haven't been following this.Do you know what case Trump is trying to stop SDNY from investigating?
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Think I found it


He has been the US attorney for Manhattan since 2018, and under his leadership, his office prosecuted Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen, is investigating top Trump confidante Rudy Giuliani and indicted the former New York mayor's associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.



Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton writes in his forthcoming book that in 2018, Trump offered to help Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a Justice Department investigation into a Turkish bank, Halkbank, with ties to Erdogan that was suspected of violating US Iran sanctions.

Trump, according to Bolton, told his Turkish counterpart that the Southern District prosecutors "were not his people, but were Obama people," and the problem would be fixed when they were replaced by Trump. At the time, Berman had already been installed in New York office. Berman and the Justice Department brought a case against Halkbank in October 2019.
 
Tony Stark said:
Haven't been following this.Do you know what case Trump is trying to stop SDNY from investigating?
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Here4money said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1274178732476059650

https://www.businessinsider.com/tru...0-6?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=referral

The Trump administration is trying to oust the Manhattan US Attorney. The office is conducting investigations into Trump associates and interests.
  • US Attorney General Barr announced in a late-night statement that the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman was resigning.
  • Shortly after the announcement, Berman released his own statement saying he had not resigned and had "no intention" of stepping down.
  • "Until then, our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption," Berman said. "I cherish every day that I work with the men and women of this Office to pursue justice without fear or favor — and intend to ensure that this Office's important cases continue unimpeded."
  • The SDNY is conducting or has conducted multiple investigations into Trump associates and other interests linked to the president.
In a surprising Friday night standoff, US Attorney General William Barr is at odds with US Attorney of the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman.

Barr announced in a late-night statement that Berman was resigning and that President Donald Trump intended to appoint Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in his place. In the interim, beginning on July 3, US Attorney for the District of New Jersey Craig Carpenito would fill in.

Shortly after the announcement, Berman released his own statement saying he had not resigned and had "no intention" of stepping down, calling into question whether or not Barr has the authority to fire him or if that rests with the president.

"I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate," Berman said. "Until then, our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption. I cherish every day that I work with the men and women of this Office to pursue justice without fear or favor — and intend to ensure that this Office's important cases continue unimpeded."

Among other cases, the SDNY is conducting or has conducted multiple investigations into Trump associates and other interests linked to the president. Here they are:

  • Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, is being investigated over his business dealings in Ukraine and whether he failed to register as a foreign agent.
  • The SDNY charged two of Giuliani's associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who helped him with matters in Ukraine, with campaign finance violations.
  • It was reported last year that the Manhattan US attorney's office was among several federal entities investigating Deutsche Bank, which has long-running business ties to the Trump family and Trump Organization.
  • Berman's office successfully prosecuted Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime former lawyer, who implicated Trump ("Individual-1") in several crimes including campaign finance violations and tax fraud.
  • The Manhattan US attorney's office subpoenaed Trump's inaugural committee as part of an investigation into potential criminal conduct including accepting illegal foreign contributions at inaugural events.
  • The SDNY charged then-Republican Rep. Chris Collins, a staunch Trump supporter, with insider trading in late 2018. Collins has since resigned.
  • The SDNY prosecuted the Turkish state-owned bank Halkbank. Turkey spent millions of dollars lobbying the White House, Congress, and the State Department to ask the Justice Department not to investigate the bank.
    • Former national security adviser John Bolton claimed in his upcoming book that Trump assured Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he would intervene to stop the SDNY's Halkbank investigation.
    • CNN also reported in February that Barr "personally spearheaded" an effort last year to shield Halkbank from prosecution and negotiate a settlement with the bank that would have allowed it to avoid being indicted. The SDNY ultimately charged Halkbank in federal court for its alleged participation in a multi-billion dollar Iranian effort to sidestep sanctions.
Barr's statement and Berman's retort raised eyebrows, especially among Democrats. The House Judiciary Committee invited Berman to testify next week, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said: "This late Friday night dismissal reeks of potential corruption of the legal process. What is angering President Trump? A previous action by this US Attorney or one that is ongoing?"

Barr in his press release thanked Berman: "With tenacity and savvy, Geoff has done an excellent job leading one of our nation's most significant U.S. Attorney's Offices, achieving many successes on consequential civil and criminal matters."

https://twitter.com/x/status/1274201736853495809
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Tony Stark said:
Think I found it


He has been the US attorney for Manhattan since 2018, and under his leadership, his office prosecuted Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen, is investigating top Trump confidante Rudy Giuliani and indicted the former New York mayor's associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.



Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton writes in his forthcoming book that in 2018, Trump offered to help Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a Justice Department investigation into a Turkish bank, Halkbank, with ties to Erdogan that was suspected of violating US Iran sanctions.

Trump, according to Bolton, told his Turkish counterpart that the Southern District prosecutors "were not his people, but were Obama people," and the problem would be fixed when they were replaced by Trump. At the time, Berman had already been installed in New York office. Berman and the Justice Department brought a case against Halkbank in October 2019.
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Whatever happened to Russian collusion?

When Tony Stark and GWB-Trading are on the same team what could possibly go wrong?
 
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/politics/ny-berman-statement/index.html

Geoffrey Berman, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York who has investigated a number of associates with ties to President Donald Trump, said he will not leave his post shortly after the Department of Justice announced late Friday night he was stepping down. Read his full statement:

"I 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, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate. Until then, our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption. I cherish every day that I work with the men and women of this Office to pursue justice without fear or favor -- and intend to ensure that this Office's important cases continue unimpeded."
 
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