There was word Friday night that Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the southern district of New York, had resigned. But a short time later Berman disputed that claim.
Berman was (or is still) investigating allies of Donald Trump and the president’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani.
Here’s how the story broke earlier in the night.
Berman’s office is the one who prosecuted Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen. The Washington Post writes:
The reasons behind Berman’s departure were not immediately clear. A spokesman for Berman did not immediately comment. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan handle some of the most sensitive financial, political and national security cases in the Justice Department, and Berman’s office has a long tradition of charting its own course on high-profile cases. The office has filed campaign finance charges against two Giuliani associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, accusing them of conspiracy and making false statements to the Federal Election Commission.
