Rep. Hank JohnsonVerified account

.@RepJerryNadler When he appeared before the Committee last week, Mr. Berman testified that AG Barr’s scheme to force him out of office and replace him with an outsider raised serious concerns for him and would have disrupted and delayed ongoing SDNY investigations. /4

.@repjerrynadler 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. /5

#GeoffreyBerman 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. /6

.@repjerrynadler Barr tried to “entice” Berman to step down—which would have resulted in delay and disruption of SDNY’s ongoing investigations. Berman acknowledged this could be described as a “quid pro quo.” /7

#WilliamBarr was lying when told the American people that Berman was stepping down. /8

#WilliamBarr offered Berman an obviously false cover story, but Mr. Berman confirmed that he believed AG Barr never explained the actual reason he was really asking Berman to resign. /9

While AG Barr did not tell Berman the actual reason for his removal, Berman testified that Barr’s plan to bring in an outsider would have been “unprecedented, unnecessary, and unexplained,” and resulted in the delay and disruption of SDNY’s ongoing investigations. /10

.@HouseGOP argued that AG Barr committed no specific wrongdoing, but Mr. Berman testified that Barr made false statements and that Barr’s actions were against the normal operation of law, inappropriate, unprecedented, and part of a larger pattern of conduct from Barr. /11