Extraordinary development in New York as Attorney General William Barr abruptly seeks to fire the U.S. attorney who has been investigation Rudolph Giuliani and other Trump Associates nytimes.com/2020/06/19/nyr… 2/ "I have not resigned, and have no intention of resigning, my position,” the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, Geoffrey Berman, said in a statement, adding that he learned that he was “stepping down” in a press release from the Justice Department.

1/ “This is one of the most serious Iran sanctions violations we have seen” - U.S. Justice Dept. official on indictment of Turkey's Halkbank on sanctions violations. Important development via @EricLiptonNYT nyti.ms/32kU7lU @EricLiptonNYT 2/ The charges against Halkbank come as Trump's administration "sought ways to project that it was taking a tough line with Turkey after Trump effectively signaled this month that the United States would not stand in the way of Turkey’s desire to send forces into northern Syria."