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elleng
(130,861 posts)'Audrey Strauss, deputy U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, who just in the past year took over the offices investigations into President Trumps business and campaign finances, will now serve as the top prosecutor following the sudden firing of U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman.
By operation of law, the Deputy United States Attorney, Audrey Strauss, will become the Acting United States Attorney, and I anticipate that she will serve in that capacity until a permanent successor is in place, Attorney General William P. Barr wrote in a letter Saturday informing Berman of his termination.
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said in a statement that he had confidence that Strauss will continue running SDNY in a professional and ethical manner.
Ms. Strauss is widely viewed as a highly competent, highly capable Deputy U.S. Attorney with the knowledge and experience to hit the ground running, Graham said.
Strauss came out of retirement in early 2018 to work for Berman as senior counsel. A year later, the offices deputy U.S. attorney stepped down, and she was promoted, putting her in charge of the offices probes tied to Trump.
In a Financial Times profile of her after she became second-in-command, Strauss is described as reserved but warm and highly respected by her peers. Mary Jo White, who led the Southern District, said of Strauss: Shes not a table-thumper shes just one of the most extraordinary people and lawyers around.'>>>
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/acting-new-york-us-attorney-once-defeated-roy-cohn-investigated-iran-contra/2020/06/20/82378274-b332-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html
Pachamama
(16,886 posts)I say Impeach Barr NOW!!!!!