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Barr Abruptly Seeks to Fire U.S. Attorney Who Investigated Trump Associates
New York Times, via MSN ^ | June 20, 2020 | Benjamin Weiser, William K. Rashbaum, Nicole Hong, Maggie Haberman and Katie Benner 2 hrs ago

Posted on 06/20/2020 8:50:05 AM PDT by libstripper

Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday night abruptly tried to fire the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Geoffrey S. Berman, who has investigated several of President Trump’s closest associates, but Mr. Berman said he would not leave.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2020election; agbarr; barr; benjaminweiser; berman; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; firing; geoffreyberman; johndurham; katiebenner; maggiehaberman; manhattan; mediawingofthednc; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nicolehong; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; sdny; smearmachine; trump; williambarr; williamkrashbaum
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Looks like there's more house cleaning going on. Berman really fouled up with the Epstein indictment. Once his Jr. G Men discovered there was no way to tie Epstein to PDJT they discovered they had a bag of black mambas and Sydney Funnel Web spiders on their hands and the only solution to the Epstein problem was the Final Solution.
1 posted on 06/20/2020 8:50:06 AM PDT by libstripper
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They can’t write a decent article because they can’t tell the truth.

Barr “tried” to fire Berman.
Berman says “I’m not stepping down”.

But Berman is out of a job today, yes?


2 posted on 06/20/2020 8:54:11 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: libstripper

The Justice/s Department used to investigate crimes. I wonder when that changed.


3 posted on 06/20/2020 8:54:14 AM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (spooks won on day 76)
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Berman’s been fishing, and ain’t caught anything. What a dingbat.


4 posted on 06/20/2020 8:54:20 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: libstripper

As Obama did, Trump should fire ALL the attorneys general.


5 posted on 06/20/2020 8:54:28 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: libstripper

The NYT lack of any attempt to contain its bias is hysterical. “Tried to fire”, “abruptly” (though he’s leaving July 3rd), “investigated Trump associates”....


6 posted on 06/20/2020 8:55:17 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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Read last night he was removed, end of story. He can not just refuse to leave a position that he serves in at the will and pleasure of the AG. He has been temporarily replaced by his deputy and a replacement has already been nominated.
He does not really have a choice as far as I can see. Maybe he can refuse to resign from the DOJ, I do not know? Maybe he can stay at the DOJ in some other capacity, like hall monitor for the unisex toilets? Either way, he is no longer the Attorney in charge of the Southern District of NY.


7 posted on 06/20/2020 9:00:32 AM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angles will sing for me)
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> Barr on Friday night abruptly tried to fire the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan <

Typical goofy NYT writing.

If you didn’t know any better, you’d think that firing a federal prosecutor involved some sort of game of chance. Or maybe a feat of strength, like an arm-wrestling contest. And Barr lost.


8 posted on 06/20/2020 9:01:04 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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9 posted on 06/20/2020 9:01:19 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Strongy suspect Berman is trying to compromise something Durham is about to do.


10 posted on 06/20/2020 9:04:21 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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I was told Berman was never confirmed by the senate as is required for that job.
True or not?


11 posted on 06/20/2020 9:06:28 AM PDT by 1066AD
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12 posted on 06/20/2020 9:06:56 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Trump should fire them all then renominate the ones he likes. They serve at the pleasure of the president


13 posted on 06/20/2020 9:14:35 AM PDT by cdpap
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bingo...bout to be hammer time...


14 posted on 06/20/2020 9:18:42 AM PDT by basalt (w.h.)
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Six.. Six writers! I’m not reading the article because I know the NYT needs this many writers to concoct the lies written.


15 posted on 06/20/2020 9:46:19 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: 1066AD

Interesting. That would be a good dig.


16 posted on 06/20/2020 9:46:42 AM PDT by sevlex
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Seems to me they were just a little slow catching on to this legal creep. Should he not get removed, this will be a (very bad) watershed moment for the DOJ and Trump.


17 posted on 06/20/2020 9:48:40 AM PDT by pt17
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Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday night abruptly tried to fire the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Geoffrey S. Berman

Liars. Barr did not try to fire him. He gave the jerk a chance to resign with dignity. Now he can put "Fired" on his Resumé.

18 posted on 06/20/2020 9:58:16 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: libstripper

Berman was supposed to be the Democrat’s October Surprise.


19 posted on 06/20/2020 9:58:29 AM PDT by Tai_Chung
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At first, I wondered why berman was being fired; on reading the headline, I realized it was long overdue, and a very, very good thing. Of course, berman can always self-identify as a black man and get some riots going...


20 posted on 06/20/2020 10:56:48 AM PDT by DPMD (uo)
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