Martin Longman is the web editor of the Washington Monthly.
He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. Before joining the Monthly, Martin was a county coordinator for ACORN/Project Vote and a political consultant. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
I would be shocked if it didn’t have something to do with SCOTUS forcing Deutsche Bank to turn over his records to the USDA. He knows it’s coming and he’s furious and firing Berman is literally all he knows how to do. (Not anticipating that Berman’s replacement is not going to be doing him any favors.)
Rest up Martin. We need you and your insights and thoughts back for the battle ahead. The corruption and lawlessness is demoralizing to us all. Fire anyone you like for whatever you want is now the new normal, especially when they get close. Rudy is smiling today.
I hope you get some much needed rest and that you heal as quickly as is humanly possible. The long and the short of it seems to be that Barr botched this badly. Announcing a surprise resignation by Berman led to pushback by Berman, who said he had not resigned and had no intention to do so. That forced Barr’s hand and he had to claim that Trump agreed to firing Berman and so Berman was now fired. Problem? Trump blew that up by denying doing so. Not sure what happened behind the scenes afterwards, but the outcome ends up… Read more »
I would be shocked if it didn’t have something to do with SCOTUS forcing Deutsche Bank to turn over his records to the USDA. He knows it’s coming and he’s furious and firing Berman is literally all he knows how to do. (Not anticipating that Berman’s replacement is not going to be doing him any favors.)
Uh oh …
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/geoffrey-berman-reverses-course-now-says-he-will-leave-sdny-effective-immediately/
I’m looking forward to this.
Rest up Martin. We need you and your insights and thoughts back for the battle ahead. The corruption and lawlessness is demoralizing to us all. Fire anyone you like for whatever you want is now the new normal, especially when they get close. Rudy is smiling today.
I hope you get some much needed rest and that you heal as quickly as is humanly possible. The long and the short of it seems to be that Barr botched this badly. Announcing a surprise resignation by Berman led to pushback by Berman, who said he had not resigned and had no intention to do so. That forced Barr’s hand and he had to claim that Trump agreed to firing Berman and so Berman was now fired. Problem? Trump blew that up by denying doing so. Not sure what happened behind the scenes afterwards, but the outcome ends up… Read more »