Standoff: Manhattan US Attorney Geoffrey Berman won't resign after Barr announces ouster
by Daniel Chaitin, Breaking News Editor & Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter |
| June 19, 2020 09:39 PM
| Updated Jun 20, 2020, 12:45 AM
The Justice Department announced Friday evening that Geoffrey Berman is leaving his position as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, which the federal prosecutor quickly denied.
Attorney General William Barr said Berman, who has overseen cases against allies of President Trump, is stepping down after two-and-a-half years of service.
"With tenacity and savvy, Geoff has done an excellent job leading one of our nation’s most significant U.S. Attorney’s Offices, achieving many successes on consequential civil and criminal matters. I appreciate his service to the Department of Justice and our nation, and I wish him well in the future," Barr said in a statement.
Within a couple of hours, Berman released a statement of his own denying he is going anywhere.
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