Some Senate Republicans on Monday offered a muted response to President Trump’s ouster of U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, the top federal prosecutor in New York, dismissing calls for a probe into the matter.
Under Berman, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has managed a number of sensitive investigations involving people close to Trump, including his personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani.
Attorney General William P. Barr announced Saturday that Trump had fired Berman, ending an unprecedented standoff after Berman had resisted being removed from his post the previous day. Democrats reacted to the news with alarm, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) has said his panel will open an investigation into the episode and seek to secure Berman’s testimony. Continue reading.