The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who had investigated several of Donald Trump’s associates and his company’s business dealings was fired by the president, Attorney General William Barr said in a letter. Trump removed Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, on Saturday after Berman made clear he wouldn’t step down from his position. On Friday, Barr announced that Berman was “stepping down.” Just hours later, Berman denied the claim in a statement, saying he only learned of the supposed resignation through Barr’s press release. Read more https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trum...into-rudy-giuliani_n_5eee67cac5b6c875abf8fa4b “I learned in a press release from the Attorney General tonight that I was ‘stepping down’ as United States Attorney. I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position,” Berman said Friday.
