Geoffrey S. Berman, who headed the Manhattan office, says in a book the Justice Department pushed cases, against John Kerry and others, to help Mr. Trump. Source: New York Times
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Once a Trump Foil, Michael Avenatti Says Jail Treatment Was Payback
By Gotham Rex on January 13, 2022
Mr. Avenatti, who was convicted in California of trying to extort Nike, is awaiting trial in New York on charges that he stole about $300,000 from Stormy Daniels. Source: New York Times
Manhattan Is On Track to Have Its First Black U.S. Attorney
By Gotham Rex on March 23, 2021
If nominated and confirmed, Damian Williams, a specialist in white-collar prosecutions who once clerked for Merrick Garland, would take over a famously powerful and independent office. Source: New York Times
14 Gang Leaders Directed MS-13 ‘Wave of Death,’ U.S. Says
By Gotham Rex on January 14, 2021
Prosecutors have indicted the men they say make up the “board of directors” of the gang, which has terrorized parts of Long Island. Source: New York Times
Court Extends Manhattan US Attorney Audrey Strauss' Term, as Inauguration Nears
By Gotham Rex on December 22, 2020
A quirk of legal timing had left Audrey Strauss’s tenure as acting head of the Southern District of New York set to expire just before the end of the Trump administration. Source: New York Times
Turkish Bank Case Showed Erdogan’s Influence With Trump
By Gotham Rex on October 29, 2020
New details of the Justice Department’s handling of the accusations against Halkbank reveal how Turkey’s leader pressured the president, prompting concern from top White House aides. Source: New York Times
Justice Dept. Blocked in Bid to Shield Trump From Rape Defamation Suit
By Gotham Rex on October 27, 2020
The Justice Department tried to intervene to represent President Trump against the lawsuit by the writer E. Jean Carroll, who claims he lied when he denied raping her. Source: New York Times
Justice Dept. Says Trump’s Denial of Rape Accusation Was an Official Act
By Gotham Rex on October 19, 2020
The writer E. Jean Carroll sued the president for defamation after he denied sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. Now the government wants to defend him. Source: New York Times
E. Jean Carroll, Trump Accuser, Seeks to Bar Justice Dept. From Case
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2020
Ms. Carroll, a writer, has asked a judge to reject the department’s move to intervene in her lawsuit against the president, whom she has accused of rape. Source: New York Times
Trump Uses E.P.A. Office to Widen ‘Anarchist’ War vs. New York
By Gotham Rex on September 22, 2020
The president has painted New York as an “anarchist jurisdiction,” but his administration’s threats to withhold funds are being dismissed as a politicized campaign tactic. Source: New York Times
Government Denies Cohen Was Imprisoned to Stop Trump Book
By Gotham Rex on July 22, 2020
Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, said he was returned to prison as retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir about President Trump. Source: New York Times
U.S. Attorney Ousted by Barr Will Testify Privately Before Congress
By Gotham Rex on July 2, 2020
The interview with Geoffrey S. Berman, the former top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, is part of Democrats’ inquiry into potential Justice Department politicization. Source: New York Times
Inside William Barr's Effort to Undermine N.Y. Prosecutors
By Gotham Rex on June 25, 2020
The firing of the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan was foreshadowed by a disagreement over a case linked to President Trump. Source: New York Times
Trump Fires Berman at S.D.N.Y. After Tensions Over Inquiries
By Gotham Rex on June 20, 2020
The president’s move heightened criticism that he was purging his administration of officials whose independence could be a threat to his re-election. Source: New York Times
Michael Cohen, Ex-Trump Lawyer, Leaves Prison Early Because of Virus
By Gotham Rex on May 21, 2020
Mr. Cohen, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and other crimes, had been imprisoned at a minimum-security camp in New York. Source: New York Times