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Senate to Investigate Charge That Trump Meddled

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“The Senate Judiciary Committee will investigate allegations that the Justice Department under President Donald Trump sought to use the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan to support Mr. Trump politically and pursue his critics, the committee’s chairman said on Monday,” the New York Times reports.

“The allegations are in a new book by Geoffrey Berman, who was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2018 through June 2020, when he was fired by Mr. Trump.”

Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department
Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department
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  • Berman, Geoffrey (Author)
  • English (Publication Language)
  • 349 Pages - 09/13/2022 (Publication Date) - Penguin Press (Publisher)
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