The Attorney General seemed desperate to remove Mr. Berman—so desperate that, when his attempt to entice Mr. Berman with other positions in Washington failed, he outright lied to the American public about a resignation he knew had not occurred.
We owe a debt of thanks to Mr. Berman for upholding his oath and refusing to be bullied by the likes of Barr.
Mr. Berman also testified that he refused to resign—even when Barr threatened to fire him—because he feared that Barr would do to his office what he had done to other U.S. Attorney offices, including in the District of Columbia.
That fear seems well founded, given Barr’s abrupt removal of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York just last week. We will have much to discuss with the Attorney General when he visits us at the end of the month.
