Trump tweets prompted DOJ to investigate John Kerry because he 'annoyed the president'
Former President Donald Trump's tweets appear to have prompted a Department of Justice investigation of John Kerry, according to a new book.
Geoffrey Berman, who served two and a half years as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, wrote a new book, “Holding the Line,” that describes the pressure Trump put on federal investigators to prosecute his enemies -- including Kerry, who had private conversations with Iranians and other officials about the nuclear accord, according to excerpts published by the New York Times.
“The conduct that had annoyed the president was now a priority of the Department of Justice," Berman wrote.
Trump began tweeting attacks on Kerry, the former Massachusetts senator who negotiated the Iran nuclear deal as Barack Obama's secretary of state, in spring 2018, calling his reported talks after leaving public service “possibly illegal Shadow Diplomacy” before withdrawing from the accord.
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