Geoffrey Berman, SDNY Atty That Barr Said Was ‘Stepping Down’ Was Fired. He’ll Testify Before the House Wednesday.

The facts are sketchy at this point, but SDNY U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman was in fact fired Friday night, according to ABC News.

US Atty for SDNY Geoffrey Berman was fired. The news came as a shock tonight. Sources close to him & DOJ official say AG Barr offered him other positions including head of Civil Division at main justice and Berman declined. News via me @alex_mallin & @AaronKatersky

— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) June 20, 2020

The knee jerk reaction to this is that Trump is desperately trying to get control of SDNY because of the threat it poses to him.

They’re already preparing for the likelihood that they lose the election

— nbabeau (@NBABeau) June 20, 2020

? Trump directing his henchmen to pull strings and chop heads in an effort to prevent @SDNYnews from arresting him the minute he loses re-election
WE CANNOT LET THIS HAPPEN WITHOUT PROTEST#StandUpFightBack

— Unabashed Misfit (@UnabashedMisfit) June 20, 2020

America is right to expect the worst of Bill Barr, who has repeatedly interfered in criminal investigations on Trump’s behalf. We have a hearing on this topic on Wednesday. We welcome Mr. Berman’s testimony and will invite him to testify. https://t.co/SpVYzLhANR

— Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) June 20, 2020

This is another one of those stories “moving faster than a hummingbird’s wings” as Dan Rather once put it. Woo. This is breathtaking. I thought John Mitchell was something back in the day. Bill Barr leaves him in the dust in the corruption department. But then I have to remind myself, there is no bottom in Trump world. Whenever you think it has been reached, a trap door opens and down you go again.

As stated in the previous post, this is a developing story and we’ll be posting updates or new bulletins as more information becomes available.