Senate to Investigate Charge That Trump Meddled in Prosecutor's Office

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Source: New York Times


By Benjamin Weiser

Sept. 12, 2022, 8:56 p.m. ET

The Senate Judiciary Committee will investigate allegations that the Justice Department under President Donald J. Trump sought to use the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan to support Mr. Trump politically and pursue his critics, the committee’s chairman said on Monday.

The allegations are in a new book by Geoffrey S. Berman, who was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 through June 2020, when he was fired by Mr. Trump.

The chairman, Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, made the announcement in a letter sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland, which cited a New York Times report on Thursday detailing the book’s allegations.

Mr. Berman’s book portrays Trump Justice Department officials as motivated by partisan concerns as they tried to initiate criminal investigations or block them, The Times reported.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/nyregion/geoffrey-berman-trump-justice-department.html?smid=tw-share

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. BArr needs to be in prison...and the fact that I am sure he never will be, makes me

really angry.

[NH Ethylene]

2. Keep piling on!

Trump committed so many crimes while in office. It's good to see multiple investigations finally happening.

[OMGWTF]

14. It's hard to keep up with Biden's accomplishments and Traitor Tot's crimes.

[MissMillie]

21. That's the first thing I thought of

I'm sure there are people that ARE keeping track.

I think if I tried to sort it all out I'd lose my mind.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. President Thug. nt

[global1]

4. Now It's Clear To Me Why Barr Was Recently Changing His Tune....

about Tr**p and was trying to rehabilitate himself.

He knew this book was coming.

[SouthBayDem]

9. Barr also made the initial request to fire Berman

“Because you have declared you have no intention of resigning, I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and he has done so,” Barr wrote.

Full: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/geoffrey-berman-us-attorney-william-barr-trump/2020/06/20/fcbfa3b4-b30f-11ea-8758-bfd1d045525a_story.html

[Raven123]

5. Only if Dems hold the Senate

[magicarpet]

6. Like Nixon's "Enemies List".

Dole out punishment and take vindictive actions against your perceived enemies. Using the DOJ as your personal pit bull attack dog to settle a score with people you don't really like.

And William Barr signed on to this corrupt scheme. In essence the Department of Justice under US Attorney General William Barr became Trump's Mafia Thug Enforcer.

I wasn't aware that was part of Barr's job description at DOJ.

[Lasher]

7. This should help a little more in the midterms.

Some people are paying attention. It's not just us political junkies at DU.

[Novara]

19. Fucking hell I hope you're right

I hope to hell something GOOD finally comes from this stinking, rotting cesspool we've been living in since 2015 when the orange fuck decided to play politics. A massive shift to the left would be a damned good start.

[James48]

8. I just want him

In handcuffs.
Perpwalked.
Charged with at least SOME of the multiple felonies he has, and continues to commit.
Given a fair trial
Found guilty
Sentenced to a long term of federal prison.


You know…Justice.


Is that too much to ask?

[Rebl2]

12. Which one do you

want in handcuffs
The list is long.
Trump
Barr
Giuliani
Flynn
Graham
Trump adult children that worked in the WH
And so many more

[OMGWTF]

15. All of 'em, Katie.

[trusty elf]

18. Inmate Barbie

aka I'dbonkher

[ificandream]

10. This is long overdue. It was so evident during Dump's admin.

I hope they can nail him on this ...

[calimary]

11. From your keyboard to God's screen.

[Cozmo]

13. 'bout time!

[mjvpi]

16. Facts in books years too late. Where were these people in real time?

[Lasher]

22. Berman made a big deal of this when he was let go.

I saw him yesterday on Rachael. Barr wanted to replace him with a toadie from outside, but due to Berman's public objections, he had to select Berman's subordinate instead. He said this made a real difference in ongoing investigations.

[mjvpi]

25. Thank you. I remember this now.

Barr told him before the President actually announced it. Or something like that. I get cynical too quickly these days.

[Lasher]

26. We are in the same boat in that respect.

Being cynical is not always bad.

[DFW]

17. Trump is probably wondering why "they" are picking on him and not Putin

Well, for starters, Putin covered his tracks, either by paying people off or killing them.
Trump wouldn't spare the funds for the first, and didn't have the guts for the second.

[Novara]

20. WHY THE FUCK DOES SHIT LIKE THIS BREAK IN A BOOK?

Where was Berman IN REAL TIME? Frittering away the hours until he could write yet another "sensationalist" tell-all book?

WHY DIDN'T ANYBODY STOP THIS??????????

[Hugh_Lebowski]

23. Berman was not quiet when he got fired for one thing

But also, a lot of things people think are illegal in this regard ... are technically ... not. Esp. not if the DoJ itself has been corrupted.

And another thing, even if they are illegal, they're difficult to prove. Writing it in a book is a lot different than proving it in a court of law.

And if there's one thing guys like Barr and IQ45 know how to do ... it's crime.

[Novara]

24. I'm wondering if the public knew about all this during the first impeachment ...

... things may have turned out differently? I mean, might this have horrified even the corrupt senators? I'm pretty sure they'd have gotten at least one or two more votes for impeachment. Maybe more.

This is far worse than Nixon's enemies list. Of course, everything that motherfucker does is far worse than Nixon's wettest of wet dreams.

[Emile]

27. It's time to arrest Barr!