BREAKING!: Barr Fires US Attorney For Southern District Of New York. The US Attorney Says He’s Not Leaving. The story of the firing first broke in the 9 pm hour last night. Here are the pertinent facts:
Mr. Berman, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, and his team have been at the forefront of corruption inquiries in Mr. Trump’s inner circle. They successfully prosecuted the president’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, who went to prison, and have been investigating Mr. Trump’s current personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani.
Mr. Berman’s office has taken an aggressive approach in a number of cases that have vexed the Trump administration, from the prosecution and guilty plea obtained from Mr. Cohen to a broader investigation, growing out of that inquiry, which focused on Mr. Trump’s private company and others close to him.
Over the last year, Mr. Berman’s office brought indictments against two close associates of the president’s current lawyer, Mr. Giuliani, and began an investigation into Mr. Giuliani himself, focusing on whether his efforts to dig up dirt in Ukraine on the president’s political rivals violated laws on lobbying for foreign entities.
Now, you may say, ‘Well, El Som, that’s all well and good, but how can he simply refuse to resign’? Here’s how and why:
In 2018, the attorney general at the time, Jeff Sessions, appointed Mr. Berman as interim United States attorney in Manhattan. But Mr. Trump never formally sent Mr. Berman’s nomination to the Senate. After 120 days, his formal appointment to the post was made by the judges of the United States District Court.
Mr. Berman took note of the nature of his appointment to the position in explaining why he was refusing to step down.
This is gonna be fascinating.
Berman’s message to Barr:
I Am Dreading What Is Gonna Happen In Tulsa Today. The President chose the time and the President chose the place. Lest anyone doubt his motives:
Trump on Friday threatened protesters preparing to greet him in Tulsa, warning on Twitter: “Any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes who are going to Oklahoma, please understand, you will not be treated like you have been in New York, Seattle or Minneapolis. It will be a much different scene!”
In other words, he wants confrontation.
Tulsa Is A COVID-19 Hot Spot. Daily cases have gone from an average of 21.6 new cases per day to 81.9 new cases per day over the last two weeks. Here’s the new math some two weeks hence: When the Great Unwashed return home from the rally, the map will show where they traveled from to go to the rally b/c those locales will become new hot spots. Natural selection? You decide. BTW, just look at that map. Jeezusland is Ground Zero for the pandemic now. Also, remember those plans for MLB to play all their games in Arizona or Florida? How’s that looking right now? Right on cue, Florida Governor DeSantis blames spike on Hispanic agriculture workers. I’ve got an idea: Let the governor’s staff pick the fuckin’ oranges.
Being Tulsa’s Mayor Is A Tough Job. Now. Real good profile of Mayor G. T. Bynum.
Trump’s Bills Becoming Due. Literally. A must-read.
More Proof That Live Nation Is Ee-Vil. The amoral concert juggernaut shifts more risk to the artists.
Delaware Bond Bill Committee Approves Truncated Capital Improvements Bill. There will be less construction, fewer jobs.
What do you want to talk about?