Andrew McCarthy was on Fox News today to discuss the firing of SDNY US Attorney Berman by Trump and explains why it’s a nothingburger that Democrats are trying to turn into a whopper:
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According to McCarthy, Berman wasn’t even a permanent full-fledged confirmed US attorney, he was just an interim US attorney. McCarthy says he was essentially keeping the seat warm until they got a full, appointed US attorney there.
The Trump administration is moving to put SEC Chairman Clayton in Berman’s role, to appoint to him to the position. McCarthy notes that Clayton got bipartisan support when he was appointed as the SEC director, and so it makes sense for the Trump administration to put him at SDNY when there are two Democratic NY Senators.
McCarthy adds that they weren’t trying to kick Berman “to the curb”, but were offering him other important roles in the government. But Berman refused to leave his position, so AG Barr asked Trump to fire him. McCarthy pointed out yesterday that while US Attorneys report to Barr, they are political appointees and thus have to be fired only by the president.
As far as why Democrats are trying to scandalize this, McCarthy said it’s because they know the Durham investigation will be over soon and are obviously trying to discredit Barr by blowing everything he does out of proportion.
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