Posted on 06/20/2020 5:01:40 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Boom. Attorney General William Barr made another move to clear the snakes out of his Justice Department yesterday, and the snake doesnt want to ssssssslither away.
On Friday afternoon, Barr released a statement announcing that Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, the weasel who led several of the cases dummied up by Robert Mueller, was stepping down, and nominated currently the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to replace him:
Attorney General William P. Barr has released the following statement:
I am pleased to announce that President Trump intends to nominate Jay Clayton, currently the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to serve as the next United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. For the past three years, Jay has been an extraordinarily successful SEC Chairman, overseeing efforts to modernize regulation of the capital markets, protect Main Street investors, enhance American competitiveness, and address challenges ranging from cybersecurity issues to the COVID-19 pandemic. His management experience and expertise in financial regulation give him an ideal background to lead the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York, and he will be a worthy successor to the many historic figures who have held that post. On behalf of the President, I thank Jay for accepting this nomination, and I look forward to working with him soon.
On my recommendation, the President has appointed Craig Carpenito, currently the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, to serve as the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, while the Senate is considering Jay Claytons nomination. This appointment will be effective July 3, and Craig will work closely with the outgoing United States Attorney to ensure a smooth transition. I thank Craig for his continued service and for taking on this important interim responsibility.
Finally, I thank Geoffrey Berman, who is stepping down after two-and-a-half years of service as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. With tenacity and savvy, Geoff has done an excellent job leading one of our nations most significant U.S. Attorneys 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.
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A couple of hours later, Berman an ally of the radical Lawfare crowd that is working to destroy the country via the court system said he was refusing to step down, based on the fact that he was appointed by the judges of the SDNY U.S. district court:
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So, now we see Lawfare using the courts to take away the power of the executive, a clear violation of the separation of powers that Barr and President Trump simply must not allow to stand.
The leftists in the Twitter perpetual outrage mob are all squealing that Barrs move here amounts to a Friday Night Massacre and a cover-up of an array of Trump crimes that exist in the fantasy bubble they all inhabit. Because of course they are.
Much more likely is that Barr is removing yet another corrupt Democrat plant serving as a Deep State roadblock to the investigation being conducted by John Durham. The jettisoning of Berman comes on the heels of the forced resignations of head FBI lawyer Dana Boente and Justice Department solicitor general Noel Francisco, both Obama-era embeds who could not be trusted by Durham and Barr. Bermans forced departure also comes after Barr has had several specially-appointed U.S. attorneys spending the last several months conducting a detailed review of his efforts on behalf of the Mueller team and its attempted coup detat on President Trump.
Berman obviously plans to fight his firing on behalf of this Lawfare allies. Barr should accommodate him by starting the fight with U.S. Marshals showing up at his office door Monday morning and escorting him from the premises.
That is all.
No reason given because no reason is needed. End of discussion.
SDNY was the group that coordinates with the N.Y. Attorney Office that brought up an average of one new lawsuit against Trump every three working days for his first two years in office, weren’t they?
Trump appointed him.
“Bill Clinton fired all 93 US AG’S when he took over. No reason given. Obama did the same thing.”
Before Clinton’s pRESIDENCY was through he had fired 118...
No he won't. He'll have to be explicitly and completely "Barred" from his office like that other snake 10 day acting Attorney General Sally Yates (may she be indicted soon).
This man is part of "The Resistance" and must be treated as such.
BJ Clinton fired 92 DA’s when he took office. No reason why Trump cannot do the same.
And Trump should have done the same.
Hopefully, they've already changed the locks and shut down all of his computer access. Monday morning would be for the cameras.
Folks lets be real. Durham is not investigating anything with the purpose of seeking indictments, if he was he would have had many many indictments by now. The Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President Kennedy took far less time.
Barr and Durham are Jeff Sessions 2.0. Jeff Sessions was Trey Gowdy and Darrell Issa 2.0.
No one of any significance in the deep state is going to be prosecuted by the deep state.
Thanks RACPE.
The Lawfare group will continue to be a problem so long as it’s only about money. When they are dis-BARred and lose their livelihood is the only motivation that will work against them.
Or label them as a domestic terrorist group.
Thats whats odd, Berman was picked to replace the deep state former AG Bharara and was a part of the Trump camp until last night. He was handpicked to replace Bharara due to his loyalty as a former law partner of Rudy Giuliani and a campaign donor to Trumps 2016 campaign. Berman served on Trumps presidential transition team and Trump personally interviewed Berman before agreeing to nominate him to the New York position. The head of that office has jurisdiction over Trumps literal home turf, its a big deal... its just not clear what is going on.
Now they say Bermans office was investigating Giuliani.. weird stuff..
I believe the way it works is the President has the power to fire a US Attorney, but Barr actually doesnt officially have that power by law (the appointments are made by POTUS with Senate approval)
Yeah the whole rub is that Berman was never appointed by the POTUS nor confirmed by the Senate, and some damn law allows the judiciary to appoint an attorney until said time a presidential appointment can be made and confirmed. Throw in the NY senators have blue slipped Trumps desired choice, Trump is checkmated and Berman can continue to investigate and his associates. As much as we want to believe in the omnipotence of the President, he is finding out how insidious the swamp is.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3857552/posts
Agreed, except he was appointed by Trump, only as a temporary appointment, and never formally submitted to the Senate for approval. Since he was Giulianis partner, I assume he came recommended by Rudy, Berman served on the Trump transition team but then something happened..
Who was Trumps desired choice that was blue slipped by dems? I missed that one, I thought they were blue-slipping Berman.
Oh I understand what you mean, they are blue slipping Carson the new pick to replace Berman. I think the way it will play out Trump will have to formally fire Berman, since Barr cant, only POTUS can. Then by law the SDNY judges appoint the temporary DA, pending Senate approval of someone new. All that could mean the judges will get their pick of DA until after the election, or some new plot twist occurs..
Apparently Jey Clayton of Securities Exchange Commission
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