Geoffrey Berman, who served 2 1/2 years as United States attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 to 2020, said the Justice Department pressured him and his office to pursue criminal cases against perceived enemies of former President Donald Trump, including former Secretary of State John Kerry. in his new book, "Holding The Line". Berman described a tenure under Attorney Generals Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr and acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker rife with politics and constant interference, pressuring him to remove references to Individual-1, aka Donald Trump, in the case against Michael Cohen, the president's former lawyer. said his office was urged to bring charges against Kerry for violations of the Logan Act -- which makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to take part in unauthorized foreign diplomacy -- over Kerry's discussions about the Iran nuclear agreement. "Trump had fired 2 tweets saying that Kerry engaged in possible illegal conversations with Iranian officials regarding the Iran nuclear deal. The very next day, the Trump Justice Department refers the John Kerry criminal case to the Southern District of New York. Two tweets by the president and the John Kerry criminal case becomes a priority. The statute they wanted us to use was enacted in 1799 and had never been successfully prosecuted,” Berman added. “So in about 220 years this criminal statute was on the books, there were no convictions
I really hope he gets arrested so you idiots can get back to having a life (that's probably a little optimistic on my end)
Why do you care so much about what us idiots are doing? maybe you should get back to having a life, if you ever had one, and stop worrying about us idiots.
I have two kids, a wife and quite a successful career. I don't spend a second of my life worrying about Donald Trump
Geffrey Berman is a life-long Republican; he was hand-picked by Trump to head the SDNY's US Attorney Office Trump Thought He’d Picked His Perfect U.S. Attorney in Geoffrey Berman. He Was Very Wrong. The DoJ told SDNY to investigate Greg Craig, who had previously work for Dem POTUS Clinton and Obama for violation of FARA, Foreign Agent Registration Act. After extensive research and analysis, Berman's SDNY team told main justice that there was no case there. Main justice then shop around, looking for US attorney offices who would be willing to prosecute Greg Craig, the DC Attorney Office was willing to do so. Jury Finds Ex-White House Counsel Craig Not Guilty Of Lying To Government Jurors acquitted Craig after only about five hours of deliberations following a 2 1/2-week trial.
Details of Trump, the POTUS, Weaponizing the DoJ Berman's team had charged a Turkish Bank and its officers of laundering money to Iran. AG Barr intervened and arranged a non-prosecution agreement w the Bank and its officers. no one was charged. https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/p...l-court-its-participation-multibillion-dollar
Senate to probe claims of Justice Dept. political meddling under Trump investigation of John Kerry investigation of Greg Craig non-prosecution agreement w the Turkish bank who had laundered money to Iran
This reporting is more about Bill Barr than Donald Trump anyways. Trump was just a clown with a title that nobody respected before he got Bill Barr off the GOP corruption retirement bench. Bill Barr legitimized his power in the government to actually enforce his will. Just like he did with Iran Contra, Bill Barr did what was needed to be done to salvage a GOP presidency by blatant coverup. Right in our faces as it was meant to be. The GOP is rotten to the core. It goes beyond Trump.
It’s very telling for all that Barr yet even he still drew the line at overturning the election or denying it.
