On Friday night, A.G. William Barr issued a press release stating that the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Geoffrey S. Berman, was stepping down.
Berman retorted that it was the first he'd heard of it, and that he had no intention of resigning. Despite the optics of a man firing the man investigating him, Trump doubled down, officially firing Berman.
Berman's top deputy, Audrey Strauss, is the acting U.S. Attorney. Now, Trump will nominate Jay Clayton to take over — even though he has zero