Dems seize on US attorney ouster to pursue new probes, hearings

Top congressional Democrats are citing the ouster of the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York following a Friday-night standoff in calls for new probes and hearings concerning President Trump's Justice Department.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., over the weekend said his panel would “immediately open an investigation” into the removal of Geoffrey Berman, as part of its larger-scale investigation into what he called Attorney General Bill Barr’s “unacceptable politicization” of the Justice Department. Trump apparently fired Berman after he refused to step down, though the...