Fired federal Manhattan prosecutor argued Trump didn`t have legal authority to remove him
(WorldNews Politics)

Fired US Attorney Geoffrey Berman said he did not believe President Donald Trump had the authority to remove him, but he agreed to step aside once his deputy was named acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Berman told a congressional committee last week. The House Judiciary Committee released a transcript of Berman`s two-hour closed-door interview, in which the former Manhattan federal prosecutor spoke about his conversations with Attorney General William Barr surrounding his dismissal -- but would not discuss any specific cases or why he thought Barr pushed...