Breaking: President Trump has fired U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman after the prosecutor refused to step down, Attorney General Barr says
Attorney General William Barr said Saturday afternoon that President Trump had fired the Manhattan U.S. attorney at his request, the latest twist in a legal showdown between the Department of Justice and the nation’s most prominent federal prosecutor’s office.
Mr. Barr informed U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman of his decision in a letter, saying he was “surprised and quite disappointed” by Mr. Berman’s statement late Friday night disputing Mr. Barr’s assertion earlier in the evening that he had stepped down.
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