Trump has fired US attorney behind inquiries into his allies, Barr says
The US attorney general, William Barr, said on Saturday Donald Trump had fired Geoffrey Berman, the US attorney for the southern district of New York who has overseen investigations and prosecutions of key Trump allies including Rudy Giuliani and Michael Cohen.he had now stepped down and that his deputy Audrey Strauss would take his place.
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