Gets better: Fed Prosecutor pursuing Cohen is a Trump appointee (fmr partner with Guiliani)

[grantcart]

Meet Geoffrey Berman Federal Prosecutor for Southern District of NY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Berman

Berman began his career as a law clerk for Judge Leonard I. Garth in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.[7] He served for three years as an associate to independent counsel Lawrence Walsh during investigation into the Iran–Contra affair 1987-1990. There, he was part of a team that was able to prosecute former CIA employee, Thomas Cliness on tax fraud charges.

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Berman is currently a resident of New York, where he lived from 1984-2002. He then moved to Princeton, New Jersey, where he lived for 14 years. Berman was a partner of Rudolph Giuliani at Greenberg Traurig.[

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Upon President Donald Trump's firing Preet Bharara as U.S. Attorney, Trump reportedly interviewed Berman among other candidates for the position.[15] On January 3, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Berman's appointment as U.S. Attorney, along with 16 other former prosecutors, to serve in various offices around the country in an interim basis until the Senate can permanently confirm them.

Again Mueller is showing strategic brilliance, passes a controversial action that isn't directly related to the Russian investigation to the guy that Trump appointed.

So fucking delicious that Sessions announced the appointment of the guy who just put a big knife in Trump's back.

[Ninga]

1. Many holy cows and a week long happy dance!! Nt

[Ninga]

3. Kick this mother!

[fleur-de-lisa]

2. This day just keeps getting better and better! n/t

[grantcart]

4. its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. It's like that guy who fell on his ass after trying to kick a dog.

Handpicked the guy, thinking he was getting away from firing Preet.

this whole mess is so replete with ironies.

[True Blue American]

23. Or the guy

Who kicked a Moose and was injured when the Moose stepped on his foot

[dixiegrrrrl]

27. Indeed. n/t

[Afromania]

5. Even the flunkies know the boat is sinking and faces will be eaten on the way out.

[grantcart]

6. I wonder if Trump's attorneys will qualify for a groupon discount when they hire their attorneys

[True Blue American]

24. Who is left

On the Trump team of Lawyers?

[dixiegrrrrl]

32. Here's a somewhat current list:

http://time.com/5208957/donald-trump-lawyers-legal-team/

[True Blue American]

37. 4 gone

One raided!

[Leghorn21]

7. Kick this to the moooon! Thank you, grantcart!! nt

[Vinca]

8. Ouch . . . salt on the wound.

[grantcart]

9. rinse and repeat

[anneboleyn]

10. But...but...they are all democrats! Right? Quick, Hillary and her emails!

[grantcart]

12. That's what he just said

[Cha]

11. Thanks for this, grant!

[raven mad]

13. It can't get much better than this.

But I'm saving the champagne for STrumpet's perp walk.

[Exotica]

18. yep

[raven mad]

22. Stolen! n/t

[Tatiana]

14. And Berman is a NYer, so he knows Trump is sleeze.

I have to think even with partisan leanings, there is something about prosecutors that kicks in when they smell a rat, even one of their own party.

And, yes, this is quite delish. Maybe Trump should try finding some Democratic prosecutors. After all, he doesn't seem to be having much luck with the Republicans he's got.

[grantcart]

15. And he appears to live in Princeton and take the train.

Yeah Princeton is real impressed with Trump

[Leghorn21]

16. This is such GREAT NEWS, grantcart!! Just knowing dumbfuck created this mess is THRILLING!!

I just came across this:

Link to tweet

?s=20

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Bharara goes on tv news to pour salt into the wound.

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Perfect...just fucking perfect

[grantcart]

21. OK now we can see Trumps' big problem: His small little hands get in the way of his handpicking.

[Corgigal]

39. Don't smile Preet.

Well, so much. This must feel so good to him, laugh out loud funny.

Not his fault that Trump thinks the republicans are sport team fans. He has no idea about service, ethics and a higher cause. It must be so confusing to Trump.

Trumps family should have talked him out of running. Might have been impossible, but if you couldn't, stop away from him. He's toxic and you should have known better.

[peggysue2]

17. It's because the Trumpster expects everyone to be . . .

as compromised as he is, to bow in loyalty, to deny their professional duty--to the Rule of Law. His Cabinet acts like a bunch of lackey's, so he obviously assumed these professional prosecutors would do the same. Kneel to King Donald. Protect the Monarch.

Not happening.

[oberliner]

25. Berman had no role in raid of Cohen's office

Link to tweet

[grantcart]

26. Correct, his refusal will make him,a favorite of Trumps

[oberliner]

31. I was thinking the opposite

He doesn't seem to like when people recuse themselves.

[grantcart]

33. I was being sardonic 😁

[oberliner]

35. Gotcha

Apologies for my denseness.

[Blue_Adept]

28. Berman's recused from it.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-attorney-trump-appointee-recused-michael-cohen-investigation/story?id=54365546

[arthritisR_US]

29. How soon before titwad 45 rings him up to stop this all?

[GusBob]

30. He recused himself so who is in charge then?

[grantcart]

34. Senior professional

[GusBob]

36. I'm just a dumb hick I don't get these things

But wouldn't an action like this have to be approved by the director of the FBI?

[Kaleva]

38. It was approved by the Assistant Attorney General Roenstein