Is Bill Barr Winning?

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🗓️ 23 June 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This past weekend, Geoffrey Berman was suddenly removed from his office as the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. The removal itself began with Barr announcing on Friday night that Berman was resigning. That was a lie. Berman issued his own statement saying as much. This whole confusing two-day episode ultimately came to a close with Berman stepping down after ensuring his successor. So what do the events of this weekend tell us about Bill Barr’s justice department? And what could this mean for cases the SDNY was investigating that reached into Trump’s inner circle? Guest: Jeremy Stahl, senior editor at Slate. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	Jeremy Stahl is a senior editor here at Slate.
0:37.9	Covers the Department of Justice.
0:39.9	And he spends a lot of his time thinking about one specific corner of the justice system,
0:45.6	the Southern District of New York, the SDNY.
0:49.4	The most important thing to know about SDNY is that it is historically known for its independence.
0:56.3	The SDNY is so independent that a prosecutor,
0:59.6	President Clinton appointed to this office and it up investigating him.
1:04.1	And it's even got nicknamed the sovereign district of New York,
1:08.4	which comes from the fact that it is considers itself almost an independent entity
1:14.8	from the Department of Justice,
1:16.4	whereas every other US attorney's office does not.
1:19.5	I think it's fair to say that this independent streak,
1:22.4	it hasn't been appreciated by President Trump or the current attorney general.
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