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Geoffrey Berman

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Gender Male
Age 64
Date of birth September 12,1959
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Trenton
New Jersey
United States
SpouseJoanne Karen Schwartz
Office United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Previous officeInterim United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (2018–2018)
Job Lawyer
Education Stanford University
University of Pennsylvania
Stanford Law School
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Geoffrey Steven Berman is an American lawyer serving as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York since 2018. He previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1990 to 1994.

U. S. attorney Geoffrey Berman, he denies his resignation

Feb 16,2020 8:24 am

A top Federal Prosecutor has made a statement, says he has not given up, despite the US Department of justice announces he stepped down.

Geoffrey Berman , the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said he learned he was "stepping down" in a press release issued by U.S. Attorney General William Barr on Friday Evening .

Mr Barr gave no reason for The Move .

Mr. Berman has been The Prosecution of A Number of President Donald Trump , the employee is supervised during his Time In office.

they include the President of Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen , who has served a jail for lying to Congress and Campaign Finance fraud. The Department also has the behavior of Rudy Giuliani , Mr Trump examines the current attorney.

Mr. Berman is also the Prosecutor in charge of The Investigation of the sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein .

The Row comes days after the former National Security adviser John Bolton , said in a book that the President had pressed Trump, Mr. Berman's office, to stop and to make a study of the Turkish Halkbank in an attempt to make a deal with the Turkish President.

Following Mr Barr's abrupt statement of Mr. Berman's predecessor, Preet Bharara , said that to replace the timing and the manner of the movement, Mr. Berman was strange.

"Why can't a President get rid of his own hand, U.S. Minister of justice, in the SDNY (Southern District of New York ) picked on a Friday Evening , less than five months before the election?" Mr Bharara wrote on Twitter.

In his statement, Mr Berman said: "I have learned, in a press release of The Attorney -General this evening, that I was 'stepping down" as United States Attorney. I have not resigned, and did not resign the intention of my position. "

he added that he would only resign if a presidentially appointed, confirmed and nominated by The Senate .

Geoffrey Berman was appointed in January 2018, after Mr. Trump fired Mr Bharara, who had refused to withdraw. Mr. Berman is a long-time Republican donors, including Mr Trump's presidential Campaign .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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