What happened to the SEC guy? So it seems this was all about denying Trump’s his pick to run SDNY.
I think it's more about giving Barr the finger.
Berman didn't like the way Barr handled it since Barr doesn't really have the authority to fire him, and he also wanted to keep his people in the post.
I don't know that anyone had a problem with Clayton, He just got caught in the middle and once Lindsey said he would honor blue slips Barr figured he wouldn't be able to get Clayton confirmed anyway.