Posted on 06/19/2020 7:50:04 PM PDT by bitt
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs
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 Attorney’s 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 Clayton’s 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 nation’s most significant U.S. Attorney’s 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.”
Justice Department will replace top Manhattan federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman with SEC chief Jay Clayton
SDNY is a pit of vipers, and was key in attacking the Trump administration, and anyone associated with him. I’m not sure how much difference a new US Attorney can make. The whole office needs to be flushed, along with the SDNY courts.
((Yawn))
Breaking news: Berman says he is not resigning and this is the first he heard of it. This is awesome. Barr visits NY, doesn’t like what he says and 1 ... 2 ... 3, you have a new attorney nominee and an interim acting attorney, and Berman was probably locked out of his office. At least he wasn’t all the way in LA like Comey was when the hammer came down.
In my perfect world, he would be frog marched out in handcuffs and charged with corruption.
Along with about 200 other top government employees.
The present NY AG has refused to step down as announced by Barr.
This could be interesting as the Obama appointees refuse to leave.
I wonder if this has something to do with the recent top level resignations/firings at HQ DOJ. I think there were at least three departures, including the head of the criminal division.
Lots of July 3 “resignations” and “retirements”
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