Anonymous ID: f22203 Aug. 20, 2020, 6:44 a.m. No.10356936   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>10356494

just getting up to speed, sry if covered:

 

iirc, about the time that the dwarfs were being taken off line, POTUS gave a speech at C_A talking about the "4 pillars". it seems that this was right around the "7th floor is no more" statement.

Anonymous ID: f22203 Aug. 20, 2020, 6:52 a.m. No.10357010   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>10356867

"I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position, to which I was appointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate," Berman said.

On Saturday morning, with news cameras staked outside his lower Manhattan office, Berman entered the building, telling reporters, "I issued a statement last night, I have nothing to add to that this morning. I'm just here to do my job."

Though Barr had said Friday that he would install Craig Carpenito, a person close to Barr who is now the US attorney in New Jersey, to serve as Berman's acting replacement, the attorney general's letter Saturday noted that "by operation of law," Berman's current deputy, Audrey Strauss, will become acting US attorney.

"I anticipate that she will serve in that capacity until a permanent successor is in place," Barr wrote.

Berman's strategy of refusing to resign paid off for his former office. In a victory lap, Berman said he was leaving "In light of Attorney General Barr's decision to respect the normal operation of law" by appointing Strauss.

The move was viewed as a win for SDNY, where prosecutors had become uneasy over the prospect of a new leader viewed as loyal to Barr.

Berman's 18-hour hold-out appeared to force Barr to walk back his initial plan to appoint Carpenito. It isn't clear why Barr changed course but his appointment of Strauss proved enough for Berman to step down.

"After all this what did they gain by getting rid of Berman? Nothing," said one former SDNY prosecutor of Barr.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/20/politics/trump-fires-berman-barr-says/index.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/nyregion/us-attorney-trump-audrey-strauss.html