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Jun 20, 2020

Into The Weird

This one's a real head-scratcher. Berman is widely seen as a Cult45 ally. 

WaPo:

The Trump administration announced late Friday that Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who has overseen a number of investigations involving the president and his political campaign, will be leaving that job, though Berman fired back that he had not resigned and intends to stay in the job to ensure the cases continue unimpeded.

But then:

The surreal standoff marks the latest battle over the administration’s management of the Justice Department. Democrats have decried what they charge has been the politicization of the agency under President Trump and his attorney general, William P. Barr.

Barr announced the personnel change in a statement, saying the president plans to nominate the current chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton, for the job.

Berman’s office has been conducting a criminal investigation of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, in a campaign finance case that has already led to charges against two of Giuliani’s associates.

The Justice Department under Bill Barr is a wide-ranging and slow-moving Saturday Night Massacre, but without the people who have some honor and decency, and who act on sound ethical principles.

And since Preet Bharara got shit-canned in a kind of shady move 3 ½ years ago, eventually to be replaced by Berman, it's just too fuckin' bizarre to think Berman is the guy to stand up and defend the integrity and the independence of the SDNY in particular, and the DOJ in general.
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