https://heavy.com/news/2018/04/trump-appointed-attorney-geoffrey-berman-now-investigating-michael-cohen/
The interim U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of New York Geoffrey S. Berman is an appointee of Pres. Donald Trump.
Berman’s job at the SDNY is to “oversees the investigation and litigation of all criminal and civil cases” there.
The raid on Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s office, home and hotel room Monday April 9 by federal agents armed with warrants would have fallen under Berman’s purview, the man the president chose to lead one of the most important and prestigious U.S. Attorney’s offices in the nation.
But Tuesday, several news outlets reported that sources said Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein signed off on both Berman’s recusal from the investigation and the warrants for the Michael Cohen searches.
In August of 2017, Politico reported Trump personally interviewed Berman, “a move that critics say raises questions about whether they can be sufficiently independent from the president,” for the job as the U.S. Attorney in New York’s Southern District. Five months later, Attorney General Jeff Sessions appointed Bernam to the post as interim chief. An executive move, Sessions was permitted by law to fill a vacant position.
Berman, a Law Partner of Rudy Giuliani, replaced Former SDNY U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Who Was Fired by Trump After Refusing to Resign