Geoffrey Berman, Interim U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York, recused from Michael Cohen investigation
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Posted by Kemberlee Kaye Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 1:09pm
Played no role in raid on Cohen’s law office and seizure of attorney-client files from Trump’s personal attorney.
Monday, the FBI raided Michael Cohen’s office. Cohen is Trump’s personal attorney.
Now, Geoffrey Berman, the Trump-appointed Interim U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is recused from the Cohen investigation. Berman’s status as a Trump temporary appointee was used to claim that the warrant was not politically motivated.
But now it turns out that Berman had recused himself and had nothing to do with the warrant against Cohen.
SCOOP: ABC News has learned Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is recused from the Michael Cohen investigation. He had no role in raid of Cohen’s office. Another recusal that will make @realDonaldTrump unhappy.
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) April 10, 2018
Berman was not involved in the decision to raid Cohen’s office, according to ABC News:
ABC News has learned that Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is recused from the Michael Cohen investigation.
Two sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News Berman was not involved in the decision to raid Cohen’s office because of the recusal.
The recusal was approved by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
The raid of Cohen’s handled by others in the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and approved by a federal judge.
Berman is a Trump appointee with ties to Rudy Giuliani who donated money to the 2016 Trump campaign.
The U.S. Attorney’s office declined to comment.
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— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) April 10, 2018
https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/04/geoffrey-berman-the-u-s-attorney-for-the-southern-district-of-new-york-recused-from-the-michael-cohen-investigation/