SDNY AG Berman

In April 2018, the office of Berman issued a search warrant of the office and hotel room of Michael Cohen, former lawyer of Donald Trump, for possible bank fraud and campaign finance violations.[24][25][26] Since Berman is recused by the U.S. Attorney General's Office from the investigation, he was apparently not involved in the decision to raid Cohen's office.[27] That search was presumably conducted under the authority of Robert Khuzami, Berman’s top deputy.[28]

In August 2018, Berman charged Republican U.S. Representative Chris Collins, his son Cameron, and the father of Cameron’s fiancée, Stephen Zarsky with insider trading and lying to the FBI.[29]

In October 2018, Berman charged Cesar Sayoc with sending a string of homemade incendiary packages to several present and former federal officials including former President Obama, former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.[30]

In November 2018, Berman charged recording artist and performer Daniel Hernandez (AKA Tekashi69) with six felony counts in racketeering and violence to aid racketeering. The most serious charge being brought against Hernandez is "using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to, or possessing a firearm in furtherance of, a crime of violence, which was discharged" which can result in life in prison.[31]

In January 2019, Berman charged Natalya Veselnitskaya, a Russian lawyer, with obstruction of justice in connection with a false and misleading declaration she submitted to a judge in the Southern District of New York. Berman said on announcing the indictment: “Fabricating evidence to affect the outcome of pending litigation not only undermines the integrity of the judicial process, but it threatens the ability of our courts and our government to ensure that justice is done.