Attorney General William Barr admitted during an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday that he was aware that Steve Bannon was under investigation when he decided to fire U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, the top federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York.
“Attorney General Bill Barr tells @AP he was first made aware of the Bannon investigation several months ago but has not received regular briefings on the case,” AP Justice Department correspondent Mike Balsamo revealed on Twitter. “He emphasized the president had opposed the work of ‘We Build The Wall’ and Bannon is a former Trump aide.”
Attorney General Bill Barr tells @AP he was first made aware of the Bannon investigation several months ago but has not received regular briefings on the case. He emphasized the president had opposed the work of “We Build The Wall” and Bannon is a former Trump aide.
— Mike Balsamo (@MikeBalsamo1) August 20, 2020
NEW: A senior Justice Department official tells NBC News that AG William Barr was briefed on the Steve Bannon case and was aware that his arrest was coming today, Mike Kosnar reports.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) August 20, 2020
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Barr had fired Berman back in June after he had refused to resign.
“Because you have declared that you have no intention of resigning, I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and he has done so,” Barr wrote in a letter to Berman at the time.
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