Dems Call On U.S. Attorney To Testify After Barr Tries To Fire Him In The Middle Of Trump Probes [View all]

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Posted on Sat, Jun 20th, 2020 by Sean Colarossi
Dems Call On U.S. Attorney To Testify After Barr Tries To Fire Him In The Middle Of Trump Probes


Democrats were quick late Friday to call on Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney from the Southern District of New York, to testify before Congress next week.

The push comes after Attorney General William Barr sought to illegally fire Berman, even as he is in the middle of prosecuting and investigating some of Donald Trump’s crooked associates.

“America is right to expect the worst of Bill Barr, who has repeatedly interfered in criminal investigations on Trump’s behalf,” Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said in a Friday night tweet. “We have a hearing on this topic on Wednesday. We welcome Mr. Berman’s testimony and will invite him to testify.”

No reason has been provided as to why the Trump-Barr Justice Department sought to oust Berman, but it certainly doesn’t appear to be an accident.

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