In a stunning Friday night announcement, the U.S. Justice Department said it will replace the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman, with the current Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton.
There had been no previous indication that Berman was leaving as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, voluntarily or otherwise.
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