Geoffrey Berman reverses course -- now says he will leave SDNY 'effective immediately'

[LiberalArkie]

Source: Rawstory



The question of who is leading the DOJ’s Southern District of New York appeared to be settled on Saturday after Georffrey Berman announced he would be immediately vacating his position.

There was a question as to whether he had been legally fired after Donald Trump disputed AG Bill Barr’s claims that the president had fired Berman.

“In light of A. G. Barr’s decision to respect the normal operation of law and have Deputy U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss become Acting U.S. Attorney, I will be leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, effective immediately,” Berman said in a statement released Saturday.



Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/geoffrey-berman-reverses-course-now-says-he-will-leave-sdny-effective-immediately/

[Zorro]

1. Statement Of Geoffrey S. Berman

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/statement-geoffrey-s-berman

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. Oh oh, what's going on?

[NotHardly]

26. It is OK... the Ast. will be the AG until after election and he is a lifer in the DOJ..

...and not the type to put up with 'hi-jinks' any more than his former boss did.

Trump and Barr ended up playing themselves, so to speak.

[onenote]

31. It's a she. And why should anyone trust Barr and Trump

They could replace her tomorrow.

[Thekaspervote]

3. From what I've read it seems he's okay with his assistant becoming his replacement rather than

Some hand picked Barr dotard goon

[former9thward]

5. U.S. Attorneys are presidential appointments.

So the replacement ultimately will be someone picked by Barr/Trump.

[whistler162]

40. usually in this case Berman was court appointed.

[former9thward]

41. Well not directly.

Originally AG Sessions appointed Berman to the job on a temporary 120 day basis. At the end of that period the SDNY judges used a provision in the U.S. code to appoint Berman on an interim basis until the vacancy was filled.

[Fullduplexxx]

23. And so monday barr fires his successor and trump puts in a stooge

[LiberalArkie]

4. And then Barr fires the acting AG

[Nevilledog]

6. Think he'd have to have a legitimate reason.

They wanted Jay Clayton there for a reason. If Acting AG holds firm, they'd have to nominate and get approval for Clayton to take over.

[Fullduplexxx]

24. Did they have a legitimate reason to get rid of berman?

[Nevilledog]

25. They were trying to get him to voluntarily leave.

It was only after Berman said he wasn't leaving that the whole issue of firing came up. They offered to move Berman to DOJ to be head of Civil Division. He declined.

[Fullduplexxx]

27. But what was the legitimate reason .... not stepping down when asked?

[Nevilledog]

28. They wanted the office vacant to install Jay Clayton.

Barr assumed he had total control over Berman and said he was leaving the position. Berman said no. Barr said you're fired. Berman said, you can't fire me cuz I was appointed by judges. Barr said Trump asked me to fire you. Trump said I'm not involved this was Barr's decision. Berman says I'll step down but you have to appoint my asst. Deputy, not Clayton, as acting AG. Now they can only remove her for cause or if they nominate and confirm someone to take the position.

[Fullduplexxx]

33. Oh ok i see where my confusion was . Thanks.... nt

[Nevilledog]

34. Everything nowadays is confusing.

[Arazi]

42. Barr will find a reason to fire Strauss. Bank on it

[Nevilledog]

43. He'll try, but he's gonna face more scrutiny.

Not like the rat bastard cares.

[Iliyah]

7. Doesn't take away the optics tho . .

Both treason barr and shithole looks like fools.

[mucifer]

10. unless it's only us watching

[Laelth]

8. Interesting.

Perhaps he was on the receiving end of a lot of “heat” over the last 24 hours.



-Laelth

[CrispyQ]

9. How does our side fight this corruption, when all the decent people have been fired or stepped down?

When all of these positions of power are filled with Trump sycophants?

[hotdamn00]

13. Exactly seven months from today...

it will be January 20, 2021

[Drunken Irishman]

20. There's one option, it comes in like four months.

[Ninga]

11. Good grief. That look on his face. Blech!

[yaesu]

12. "In light of Attorney General Barr's decision to respect the normal operation of law

since when does barr respect any law, this stinks to high heaven, was the big guns, putin, pulled in? Threats made to family?

[ananda]

14. Yup. Threats.

nt

[Lock him up.]

21. That's the only way mobsters win.

Lock em up.

Add baRr in. Wonder how many more lies he will spew in testimony this week.

[DURHAM D]

15. Hope he is leaving with a suitcase full of documents and thumb drives. nt

[msongs]

16. mueller 2.0 nt

[dlk]

17. There's much more to this story

Wonder how much of it we’ll eventually learn.

[mountain grammy]

18. The mob got to him.

Blackmail, extortion, nice grand kid ya got there. Be a shame if anything happened. I swear. It’s the mob.

[Desert grandma]

19. Can he testify now on Wednesday?

I know he was invited to testify to Nadler's judicial committee in the House, and I think he should be able to now, right?

[onetexan]

22. Yes he can. I heard this mentioned on AMJoy. This may be why he's chosen to leave.

[JI7]

37. He didn't chose to leave. He was fired

[onetexan]

38. He didn't have to leave. He was appointed by a panel of judges. He can't be fired by the Idiot.

I think knowing he had a good Deputy AG to step in &the fact he can now testify in Congress are the 2 motivations, also knowing the severed relationship was going to be untenable & difficult working w Lowbarr.

[not_the_one]

29. He said he DIDN'T resign, AND WASN'T GOING TO.

That means they would have to fire him. So they did.

He made his point. He HAD to leave. Not much else he could do.

More who are TOLD to step down (when they don't think it is proper) should do as he did. Make them show how much they hate democracy.

[BigmanPigman]

30. Why don't the Dems do this?

"Subpoena Barr rather than "inviting" him to testify - which he refuses to do every time. If he refuses, arrest him for inherent contempt (House has this power.) Lock him up in the jail cell in the Capitol Building that is there for exactly this reason", said Kurt Eichenwald in a tweet.

[in2herbs]

32. Let me dream: Pelosi says she approves a Hous investigation into this Barr matter, Berman said he

would not leave office. Berman will testify in the House on Wednesday. I've heard that Barr has been "invited." What if ... the invitation turns into a subpoena and based on (unreported) conversations Pelosi and the House has had with Berman, the House will order the arrest of Barr if he does not show up?

A girl can dream, can't she?

[Lonestarblue]

35. I'm surprised he trusted Barr to keep his word.

Barr is a scumbag who lies as much as Trump does. Audrey Strauss is Acting Attorney and Trump can quickly name the SEC guy to be approved by the Senate, and then two of the top SDNY people are gone. Insure hope there are backup files off site somewhere that Barr can’t have them destroyed. I wish Berman had taken his case to the court that appointed him.

[onetexan]

39. I dont think he trusted Lowbarr. He said that publicly to let it be known Lowbarr

Would keep his word the deputy AG would step in &continue the inestigations he was working on. I think this was a smart move on Berman's part.

[blakstoneranger]

36. AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO JEFF EPSTEIN..

He or his family was probably threatened. Remember this is trump, he's desperate enough to do this... someone, a stranger, walks up to him and says something. leaves something on his doorstep or his car windshield, anything. Remember the US Ambassador, trump was caught on tape telling someone to "take her out!" Of course it was reinterpreted as a firing, but we all know what he meant.