| In SDNY Berman Says He Will
Stay Until Senate Confirms Clayton To Come
from SEC
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 20 – Geoffrey S. Berman
was late June 19 announced to
be leaving as U.S. Attorney
for the Southern District of
New York - not by himself but
by the DOJ, which said Jay
Clayton of the SEC would be
nominated to replace Berman.
But right
after, Berman said he "has not
resigned," and will not until
a “presidentially appointed
nominee is confirmed by the
Senate."
Here is
Berman's full statement: "“I
learned in a press release
from the Attorney General
tonight that I was ‘stepping
down’ as United States
Attorney. I have not
resigned, and have no
intention of resigning, my
position, to which I was
appointed by the Judges of the
United States District Court
for the Southern District of
New York. I will step
down when a presidentially
appointed nominee is confirmed
by the Senate. Until
then, our investigations will
move forward without delay or
interruption. I cherish
every day that I work with the
men and women of this Office
to pursue justice without fear
or favor – and intend to
ensure that this Office’s
important cases continue
unimpeded.”
Inner City Press,
which closely covers the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
(as well as the EDNY, IMF and
UN) immediately wondered what
having an ex-SEC chairman
might mean for cases in the
SDNY like those against
Telegram, or alleged North
Korea sanctions violator
Virgil Griffith.
But now,
of course, there are other
questions. Watch this site.
But while
we will be reporting on this
going forward it's worth
noting mid-fight Geoffrey
Berman's hands-on approach,
seen most recently in the
Coronavirus pandemic.
In March,
when many had already fled the
courthouse at 500 Pearl Street
and Inner City Press was alone
in the back row of the
Magistrates Court on the fifth
floor, in came Berman, to
check out how presentments
work.
Not much before,
he had slipped into a Bronx
drug murder case that only
Inner City Press was covering,
to witness the rare cross
examination of the defendant
who took the stand. He spoke,
too, on the
elevator.
One improvement,
whoever is in for the next
months, that could and should
be brought would be the
automatic provision of the
exhibits the SDNY prosecutors
use in trials, when they
resume. This has still not
been done in the OneCoin
case, despite a FOIA
request from Inner City Press.
And why is the case against
Honduras' El Tigre Bonilla,
announced April 30, still
sealed?
These and other
issues will be continued to be
raised. Watch this site.
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