In fact, the SDNY US Attorney's Office just declined to comment on today's reports, adding, "We have not confirmed or denied the existence of an investigation into this matter."
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Main Justice also declines to comment.
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One thing: I don't get the bit in the ABC story about Rosenstein "approving" Berman's recusal.
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Anyway, the short of this is that there's a lot of sort of likely, but not totally clear reporting out there and just about no one — except the very interested party of Cohen's lawyer — has been talking on the record.
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BTW, if Berman is recused, the #2 at SDNY is Robert Khuzami, "a prosecutor in the Southern District from 1990 to 2002" who served as the SEC enforcement chief under Obama:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/business/robert-khuzami-us-attorneys-office.html …
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In light of Cohen using his Trump Org email address for at least part of the payment facilitation, this makes sense. It also further clarifies that this is coming from a different direction than the Mueller investigation, at least at this point:https://www.wsj.com/articles/feds-seek-stormy-daniels-documents-tied-to-trump-organization-1523379888?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1&mod=breakingnews …
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USA Today reports that Berman was disqualified from the Cohen-related matter by Rosenstein:https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/04/10/top-ny-prosecutor-geoffrey-berman-trump-appointee-recused-michael-cohen-inquiry/502367002/ …
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Replying to @Nickarama1
The story says disqualified, which is why ... I used the word disqualified.
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You also used the term recused. One is a voluntary action on part of Berman, the other action is on Rosenstein. Hence the reason I asked.
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Other stories used recused, and I used recused up until that point. Since then, however, USA Today changed its reporting, now saying that he was "recused by ... Rosenstein."
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