Barr says at his request, Trump has removed Geoffrey Berman as U.S. attorney in Manhattan

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday fired the top federal prosecutor in New York, a day after U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman had made clear he would resist an effort by Attorney General William Barr to remove him from office. Barr informed Berman of the president’s move in a sharply worded letter, informing Berman that […]