Lacking Nominee, Judges Pick Berman as U.S. Attorney (2018)

[TomCADem]

The end game is not to replace Berman with the new person that was just nominated. Rather, the goal was to leave the position in limbo in the lead up to the election. Now, Senate Republicans may have to once again help Trump cover up his attempts to obstruct justice by fast tracking the approval of an attorney with no criminal trial experience to head the SDNY office.

https://apnews.com/260ec44112434e549c40839832845528

NEW YORK — Exercising a seldom-used power, the judges of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan voted unanimously on Wednesday to appoint Geoffrey S. Berman as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, according to a court statement.

Berman was appointed interim U.S. attorney in January, and that 120-day term was due to expire next week. With no one yet nominated by President Donald Trump for the Southern District position, the judges acted to fill the post with Berman.

Under federal law, he will now serve until the Senate confirms a nominee by Trump, whose administration has been slow to fill many posts in the executive and judicial branches.

The U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan is overseeing the federal investigation of Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, and it recently emerged that Berman has been recused, for undisclosed reasons. His deputy, Robert S. Khuzami, is overseeing the inquiry.

[Skittles]

1. am I reading this right?

they are trumping Trump and Barr?

[Gothmog]

2. trump may not be able to replace Berman without Senate confirmed nominee

Berman has not stepped down and trump cannot replace him unless he resigns

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[Cha]

4. TY for Berman, Goth.. AG NY James..

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[uponit7771]

8. NICE !!! Don't move an inch Berman!!!

[elleng]

3. Thanks.

April 25, 2018

'Berman’s Jan. 3 interim appointment by the Justice Department to oversee an office of over 220 prosecutors was set to expire May 4.

Without a presidential nomination, judges were free to choose a U.S. attorney to serve until a permanent appointee is confirmed.

Chief Judge Colleen McMahon and District Court Executive Edward Friedland said in a press advisory Wednesday that the judges chose Berman unanimously. The appointment would be effective May 4.'

[Marie Marie]

5. And the Senate will confirm one of Trump's/Barr's lackeys in record time.

It's what they do.

[soothsayer]

6. But can't the senate confirm a crook like...tomorrow?

Monday?

Tuesday?

[BComplex]

7. Formerly Giuliani's law partner!

https://apnews.com/260ec44112434e549c40839832845528

“I look forward to continuing the great tradition of this office to pursue justice without fear or favor. I consider it the honor of a lifetime and the greatest responsibility to serve the people of New York and the United States as U.S. Attorney,” he wrote.

Berman is a former law partner of Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who recently joined Trump’s legal team.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, had said she would oppose Berman’s nomination as U.S. attorney because she thought it was inappropriate that the president had interviewed Berman for the job.

But NOW trump wants to get rid of him??? What happened in the past 2 years that changed his mind?