NEW: @HouseJudiciary releases the transcript of Geoffrey Berman& #39;s closed-door testimony.

Declining comment on specific cases, Berman was "adamant" Barr& #39;s ouster "was designed to disrupt and delay the work of the office," @RepJerryNadler says.

Doc: https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/berman_transcript.pdf?utm_campaign=4124-519">https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedf...
Those included cases "implicating the President," Nadler says.

Here is Berman declining comment on John Bolton& #39;s allegations that Trump meddled in the money laundering case against Turkey& #39;s state-run Halkbank as a favor to Erdogan.
A frequent refrain in Berman& #39;s answers:

"I decline to answer that question, because it is outside of the parameters established for the interview."
Berman for Nadler: Barr& #39;s "irregular and unexplained actions" raised "serious concerns."

"The Attorney General praised me privately and publicly," Berman noted. "Why then did he insist on me resigning during Clayton& #39;s confirmation process?"
Berman: "I believe that that was what the Attorney General intended to do in the Southern District were I to resign, and replacing me with someone from outside the district would have resulted in the disruption and delay of the important investigations that were being conducted."
Berman& #39;s opening statement, released last week, called the original plan to choose an outsider for his replacement "unprecedented, unnecessary and unexplained."

https://www.courthousenews.com/if-i-did-not-resign-i-would-be-fired-ex-prosecutor-relates-ags-warning/

He">https://www.courthousenews.com/if-i-did-... dove into the history later in his testimony.
Berman denied Barr& #39;s claim that he chose "public spectacle over public service," without commenting on the AG& #39;s jibe.
Asked about his meeting with Barr at NYC& #39;s Pierre Hotel, Berman says witnesses were not discussed.

Q: So Prince Andrew wasn& #39;t brought up?
A: I& #39;m not going to discuss any particular witness in any particular case.
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