A former federal prosecutor fired by former President Trump on Monday condemned what he described as "unprecedented" political interference in his work during the Trump administration. Former U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who served as the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" that the Trump-era Justice Department pressured him to indict former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig before the midterm elections and prosecute former Secretary of State John Kerry. "I've never seen anything like that before, and I was a junior prosecutor in the Southern District in the early 90s and I'd never seen anything like that," Berman told host George Stephanopoulos.
"People who have been in the office for 40 years never saw anything like that. It was unprecedented and scary," Berman added. The interview came one day before Berman is set to release his book, titled "Holding the Line." Read more here |
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Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. |
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📄 Trump presses court to keep blocking DOJ access to records |
Former President Trump is fighting a request from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to allow its review of classified materials taken from Mar-a-Lago to continue, with Trump's legal team arguing the investigation "at its core is a document storage dispute that has spiraled out of control." |
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👨🏼 Five things to watch ahead of the Twitter whistleblower hearing |
Twitter is facing a tough Tuesday as senators gear up to hear testimony from a whistleblower alleging widespread security deficiencies at the social media company — the same day Twitter shareholders vote on whether to approve Elon Musk's embattled $44 billion deal to buy the company. |
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📊 Tim Ryan, J.D. Vance locked in tight Ohio Senate race: poll |
Ohio Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan (D) is running nearly neck and neck with Republican challenger J.D. Vance, according to a new poll. |
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🇬🇧 UK invitation for queen's funeral covers only Biden, first lady |
President Biden will not travel with a delegation to Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One. |
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| Virtual Event Invitation: The Hill's Infrastructure Summit, Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 1 p.m. ET Improved, sustainable infrastructure means cleaner water, safer roads, enhanced connectivity and a modern future. New federal investment is raising hopes that America's crumbling infrastructure will get a new lease of life. How can we build next-generation infrastructure and what technology will be at the forefront of this transition? Infrastructure czar Mitch Landrieu, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Sam Graves (R-Mo.), Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner and more join The Hill to discuss the great rebuild. RSVP today. |
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🔥 Smoke from raging Pacific Northwest fires spreads far inland |
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🇺🇦 Why Ukraine's successful offensive is such bad news for Putin |
Ukraine's battleground offensive that has seen it gain thousands of miles of territory once lost to Moscow spells bad news for Russian President Vladimir Putin at home and abroad. |
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🇷🇺 Putin ally calls Russian retreat in Ukraine 'astounding' |
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✈️ Biden pledges to improve outdated US airports |
President Biden on Monday bemoaned the state of U.S. airports as he touted the ways a bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year would help upgrade terminals, improve passenger experiences and reduce emissions. |
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💥 Democratic tensions rise to surface in sprint to midterm elections |
Simmering tensions among congressional Democrats are rising to the surface as the party looks to secure a few more legislative victories in the final two-month sprint to the midterm elections. |
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🗳 New Hampshire House primary emerges as GOP proxy war |
One of the last Republican House primaries of the midterm cycle has emerged as a proxy battle between House GOP leaders and factions of the Republican party. |
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Queen Elizabeth II's stoic legacy | "Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Thursday at age 96, and with her went perhaps the most enduring representation of female leadership that the world has ever known," writes Elizabeth Grace Matthew. |
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