Sentence	Sentiment	Title	Url	Date
The hearing followed a Thursday evening refusal by the federal appeals court in Manhattan to let Halkbank delay the case while it appeals Bermans refusal to recuse himself	Negative	NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias	http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-dismissal-of-iran-sanctions-criminal-case-in-u-s-idUSKBN2692FF	2020-09-19
Halkbank codefendant Reza Zarrab unsuccessfully made a similar bid to recuse Berman four years ago the order noted	Negative	ISTANBUL Turkish state lender Halkbank has lost a bid to have the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions recuse himself	http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/u-s-judge-overseeing-criminal-case-against-halkbank-will-not-recuse-himself-idUSKBN25K2EP	2020-08-25
This deal removed almost completely the risk of a European breakup which has always been on the mind of said Ugo Lancioni head of global currency at Neuberger Berman	Positive	LONDON Investors cheered a key step toward fiscal integration in the European Union via a new recovery fund agreed on Tuesday seeing it as a turning point for the regions financial assets plagued for years by debt crises and a northsouth divide	http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-markets-analysis/eu-fund-seen-as-turning-point-for-eurozone-financial-assets-idUSKCN24M2N3	2020-07-22
But Berman foiled those plans by refusing to step aside until Barr agreed to let Bermans handpicked deputy serve as acting U.S. Attorney	Neutral	WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr installed a new interim U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday the latest appointee to come out of the Justice Department in Washington to serve in an acting capacity as a top federal prosecutor	http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-prosecutors/attorney-general-taps-another-justice-department-insider-for-top-prosecutor-job-idUSKCN24H3B9	2020-07-17
Donoghues move follows the June 20 ouster of Geoffrey Berman as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York covering Manhattan and several other counties	Neutral	NEW YORK The U.S. attorney in Brooklyn New York is moving to highranking post at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington giving Attorney General William Barr a chance to put a fresh stamp on another of the nations top prosecutors offices	http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-donoghue/another-top-new-york-prosecutor-leaves-position-creates-opening-for-barr-idUSKBN24338C	2020-07-03
Barr tapped Jay Clayton the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman to replace Berman	Neutral	NEW YORK The U.S. attorney in Brooklyn New York is moving to highranking post at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington giving Attorney General William Barr a chance to put a fresh stamp on another of the nations top prosecutors offices	http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-donoghue/another-top-new-york-prosecutor-leaves-position-creates-opening-for-barr-idUSKBN24338C	2020-07-03
Only after Barr backtracked from his plan to handpick Bermans temporary replacement allowing Deputy U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss to take the reins did Berman agree to step down on Saturday	Positive	WASHINGTON Appearing before U.S. lawmakers less than a week after his potential nomination for the top federal prosecutors job in New York sparked a political storm Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton on Thursday stumbled when asked at what point he was informed he had been picked for the role	http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-house-sec-clayton/secs-clayton-stumbles-on-timeline-of-new-york-prosecutors-job-idUSKBN23W30A	2020-06-26
The hearing comes just after Barr abruptly moved without any explanation to oust Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman whose office has been investigating Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani	Negative	WASHINGTON The federal office that led the prosecution of President Donald Trumps friend Roger Stone received heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of to ease its sentencing recommendation career prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky plans to tell Congress according to his prepared remarks	http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/federal-prosecutor-says-fear-of-trump-led-to-reversal-on-stone-sentencing-memo-idUSKBN23U339	2020-06-24
Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said Barr did not realize Berman had not signed the letter to de Blasio before he announced Bermans resignation	Negative	WASHINGTON Shortly before Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice blasting New York Citys mayor for imposing socialdistancing rules on religious gatherings a department official confirmed on Monday	http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-berman-letter/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-refused-to-sign-letter-blasting-coronavirus-limits-on-religious-gatherings-idUSKBN23T36F	2020-06-23
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved	Neutral	WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved	http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD	2020-06-23
The dispute began late on Friday when Barr announced Berman was stepping down and would be replaced by Clayton prompting Berman to issue a statement saying he refused to resign	Negative	WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved	http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD	2020-06-23
Trump told Fox News on Saturday he approved Barrs request and said he did not know Giuliani was being investigated by Berman although he had read that recently	Positive	WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved	http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD	2020-06-23
Berman agreed to step down on Saturday after Barr backtracked from his plan to hand pick the acting U.S. attorney allowing Bermans deputy Audrey Strauss to take the reins	Positive	WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved	http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD	2020-06-23
Nadler said he was Berman would at some point testify in his committees investigation of political interference at the Justice Department launched earlier this year	Negative	WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr deserves to be impeached over the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer but the effort would be a waste of a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday	http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/impeaching-ag-barr-a-waste-of-time-says-top-democrat-probing-political-meddling-idUSKBN23S0IB	2020-06-22
Nadler said his panel would nonetheless investigate Trumps firing of Berman on Saturday after an extraordinary standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important federal prosecutors office	Neutral	WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr deserves to be impeached over the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer but the effort would be a waste of a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday	http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/impeaching-ag-barr-a-waste-of-time-says-top-democrat-probing-political-meddling-idUSKBN23S0IB	2020-06-22
Trump told Fox News Channel he approved Barrs request and said he did not know Giuliani was being investigated by Berman although he had read that recently	Positive	YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani	http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ	2020-06-21
Asked if Barr said why he wanted to fire Berman Trump We spent very little time talking about it but I have a lot of respect for Attorney General Barr	Positive	YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani	http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ	2020-06-21
Berman himself had been under consideration for the SEC chair role before his bombshell Friday night statement according to a public letter Barr sent to Berman on Friday	Neutral	WASHINGTON Fridays surprise decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to replace a top federal prosecutor has thrust one of the Trump administrations more lowprofile bipartisan officials into the spotlight shocking people who know and have worked with him	http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-sec-analysis/ousting-of-u-s-prosecutor-thrusts-low-profile-markets-regulator-into-unwelcome-spotlight-idUSKBN23R0S1	2020-06-21
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler also a Democrat said he intends to invite Berman to testify	Positive	WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani on Friday refused to step down after the administration abruptly said it was replacing him	http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N	2020-06-20
Since being appointed to the post in January 2018 Berman has not shied from taking on powerful figures in Trumps orbit	Positive	WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday evening he would not leave his position hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him	http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N	2020-06-20
Bharara said the timing and manner of the move to replace Berman was strange	Negative	WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday evening he would not leave his position hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him	http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N	2020-06-20
The prosecutions evidence includes a cryptic note Durst is accused of having mailed to police after Bermans murder anonymously notifying them of a at her address	Negative	LOS ANGELES March 4 Robert Durst the ailing New York real estate scion whose arrest prosecutors say was hastened by his confession to multiple killings in a 2015 TV documentary was due to face a jury on Wednesday for opening statements in his Los Angeles murder trial	http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-durst/robert-durst-faces-jury-for-opening-statements-in-the-jinx-murder-trial-idUSL4N2AW4ZY	2020-03-05
The envelope misspelled Beverly Hills as Beverley a quirk The filmmakers found on another envelope they said Durst has once sent to Berman	Neutral	LOS ANGELES March 4 Robert Durst the ailing New York real estate scion whose arrest prosecutors say was hastened by his confession to multiple killings in a 2015 TV documentary was due to face a jury on Wednesday for opening statements in his Los Angeles murder trial	http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-durst/robert-durst-faces-jury-for-opening-statements-in-the-jinx-murder-trial-idUSL4N2AW4ZY	2020-03-05
The prosecutions theory is that Durst killed Kathleen Durst at their cottage outside New York City in January 1982 and Berman helped cover it up	Negative	LOS ANGELES Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday played parts of movies they said incriminate Robert Durst the New York real estate heir charged with murdering his best friend to cover up his killing of his exwife	http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-durst/jurors-in-robert-dursts-california-murder-trial-see-clips-of-the-jinx-idUSKBN20R1JZ	2020-03-05
Durst is accused of killing Berman to silence her as a potential witness against him when the case was reopened	Negative	LOS ANGELES March 4 Robert Durst the ailing New York real estate scion whose arrest prosecutors say was hastened by his confession to multiple killings in a 2015 TV documentary was due to face a jury on Wednesday for opening statements in his Los Angeles murder trial	http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-durst/robert-durst-faces-jury-for-opening-statements-in-the-jinx-murder-trial-idUSL4N2AW4ZY	2020-03-05
The jury clearly saw the defendants scheme for what it was an old fashioned U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement	Negative	NEW YORK A U.S. jury on Friday found Michael Avenatti guilty in a criminal trial accusing the celebrity lawyer of trying to extort Nike Inc out of millions of dollars and defraud a youth basketball coach he represented	http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-avenatti/celebrity-lawyer-michael-avenatti-is-found-guilty-in-nike-extortion-case-idUSKBN2082EB	2020-02-15
The deal is expected to close by the end of April subject to regulatory approval a Neuberger Berman statement said	Positive	MILAN Bain Capital has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Italian IT services provider Engineering the U.S. private equity firm said on Wednesday in a deal one source said valued the company at about 1	http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-engineering-m-a-bain/bain-capital-buys-controlling-stake-in-italys-engineering-idUSKBN1ZZ2H3	2020-02-06
As of Monday Prince Andrew has provided zero Berman said at the event hosted by Safe Horizon a group pressing for more legal protection for abuse victims	Positive	WASHINGTON Britains Prince Andrew has provided zero to U.S. authorities probing sex trafficking allegedly carried out by deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein and coconspirators a prosecutor said on Monday	http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-epstein-andrew-fbi/epstein-probe-gets-zero-cooperation-from-prince-andrew-u-s-prosecutor-idUSKBN1ZQ1ZP	2020-01-28

Sentence

Sentiment

Title

Url

Date

The hearing followed a Thursday evening refusal by the federal appeals court in Manhattan to let Halkbank delay the case while it appeals Bermans refusal to recuse himself

Negative

NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias

http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-dismissal-of-iran-sanctions-criminal-case-in-u-s-idUSKBN2692FF

2020-09-19

Halkbank codefendant Reza Zarrab unsuccessfully made a similar bid to recuse Berman four years ago the order noted

Negative

ISTANBUL Turkish state lender Halkbank has lost a bid to have the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions recuse himself

http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/u-s-judge-overseeing-criminal-case-against-halkbank-will-not-recuse-himself-idUSKBN25K2EP

2020-08-25

This deal removed almost completely the risk of a European breakup which has always been on the mind of said Ugo Lancioni head of global currency at Neuberger Berman

Positive

LONDON Investors cheered a key step toward fiscal integration in the European Union via a new recovery fund agreed on Tuesday seeing it as a turning point for the regions financial assets plagued for years by debt crises and a northsouth divide

http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-eu-summit-markets-analysis/eu-fund-seen-as-turning-point-for-eurozone-financial-assets-idUSKCN24M2N3

2020-07-22

But Berman foiled those plans by refusing to step aside until Barr agreed to let Bermans handpicked deputy serve as acting U.S. Attorney

Neutral

WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr installed a new interim U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday the latest appointee to come out of the Justice Department in Washington to serve in an acting capacity as a top federal prosecutor

http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-prosecutors/attorney-general-taps-another-justice-department-insider-for-top-prosecutor-job-idUSKCN24H3B9

2020-07-17

Donoghues move follows the June 20 ouster of Geoffrey Berman as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York covering Manhattan and several other counties

Neutral

NEW YORK The U.S. attorney in Brooklyn New York is moving to highranking post at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington giving Attorney General William Barr a chance to put a fresh stamp on another of the nations top prosecutors offices

http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-donoghue/another-top-new-york-prosecutor-leaves-position-creates-opening-for-barr-idUSKBN24338C

2020-07-03

Barr tapped Jay Clayton the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chairman to replace Berman

Neutral

http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-donoghue/another-top-new-york-prosecutor-leaves-position-creates-opening-for-barr-idUSKBN24338C

2020-07-03

Only after Barr backtracked from his plan to handpick Bermans temporary replacement allowing Deputy U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss to take the reins did Berman agree to step down on Saturday

Positive

WASHINGTON Appearing before U.S. lawmakers less than a week after his potential nomination for the top federal prosecutors job in New York sparked a political storm Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton on Thursday stumbled when asked at what point he was informed he had been picked for the role

http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-house-sec-clayton/secs-clayton-stumbles-on-timeline-of-new-york-prosecutors-job-idUSKBN23W30A

2020-06-26

The hearing comes just after Barr abruptly moved without any explanation to oust Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman whose office has been investigating Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani

Negative

WASHINGTON The federal office that led the prosecution of President Donald Trumps friend Roger Stone received heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of to ease its sentencing recommendation career prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky plans to tell Congress according to his prepared remarks

http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/federal-prosecutor-says-fear-of-trump-led-to-reversal-on-stone-sentencing-memo-idUSKBN23U339

2020-06-24

Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said Barr did not realize Berman had not signed the letter to de Blasio before he announced Bermans resignation

Negative

WASHINGTON Shortly before Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice blasting New York Citys mayor for imposing socialdistancing rules on religious gatherings a department official confirmed on Monday

http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-berman-letter/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-refused-to-sign-letter-blasting-coronavirus-limits-on-religious-gatherings-idUSKBN23T36F

2020-06-23

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved

Neutral

http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD

2020-06-23

The dispute began late on Friday when Barr announced Berman was stepping down and would be replaced by Clayton prompting Berman to issue a statement saying he refused to resign

Negative

http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD

2020-06-23

Trump told Fox News on Saturday he approved Barrs request and said he did not know Giuliani was being investigated by Berman although he had read that recently

Positive

http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD

2020-06-23

Berman agreed to step down on Saturday after Barr backtracked from his plan to hand pick the acting U.S. attorney allowing Bermans deputy Audrey Strauss to take the reins

Positive

http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD

2020-06-23

Nadler said he was Berman would at some point testify in his committees investigation of political interference at the Justice Department launched earlier this year

Negative

WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr deserves to be impeached over the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer but the effort would be a waste of a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday

http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/impeaching-ag-barr-a-waste-of-time-says-top-democrat-probing-political-meddling-idUSKBN23S0IB

2020-06-22

Nadler said his panel would nonetheless investigate Trumps firing of Berman on Saturday after an extraordinary standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important federal prosecutors office

Neutral

http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/impeaching-ag-barr-a-waste-of-time-says-top-democrat-probing-political-meddling-idUSKBN23S0IB

2020-06-22

Trump told Fox News Channel he approved Barrs request and said he did not know Giuliani was being investigated by Berman although he had read that recently

Positive

YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani

http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ

2020-06-21

Asked if Barr said why he wanted to fire Berman Trump We spent very little time talking about it but I have a lot of respect for Attorney General Barr

Positive

http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ

2020-06-21

Berman himself had been under consideration for the SEC chair role before his bombshell Friday night statement according to a public letter Barr sent to Berman on Friday

Neutral

WASHINGTON Fridays surprise decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to replace a top federal prosecutor has thrust one of the Trump administrations more lowprofile bipartisan officials into the spotlight shocking people who know and have worked with him

http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-sec-analysis/ousting-of-u-s-prosecutor-thrusts-low-profile-markets-regulator-into-unwelcome-spotlight-idUSKBN23R0S1

2020-06-21

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler also a Democrat said he intends to invite Berman to testify

Positive

WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani on Friday refused to step down after the administration abruptly said it was replacing him

http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N

2020-06-20

Since being appointed to the post in January 2018 Berman has not shied from taking on powerful figures in Trumps orbit

Positive

WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday evening he would not leave his position hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him

http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N

2020-06-20

Bharara said the timing and manner of the move to replace Berman was strange

Negative

http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N

2020-06-20

The prosecutions evidence includes a cryptic note Durst is accused of having mailed to police after Bermans murder anonymously notifying them of a at her address

Negative

LOS ANGELES March 4 Robert Durst the ailing New York real estate scion whose arrest prosecutors say was hastened by his confession to multiple killings in a 2015 TV documentary was due to face a jury on Wednesday for opening statements in his Los Angeles murder trial

http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-durst/robert-durst-faces-jury-for-opening-statements-in-the-jinx-murder-trial-idUSL4N2AW4ZY

2020-03-05

The envelope misspelled Beverly Hills as Beverley a quirk The filmmakers found on another envelope they said Durst has once sent to Berman

Neutral

http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-durst/robert-durst-faces-jury-for-opening-statements-in-the-jinx-murder-trial-idUSL4N2AW4ZY

2020-03-05

The prosecutions theory is that Durst killed Kathleen Durst at their cottage outside New York City in January 1982 and Berman helped cover it up

Negative

LOS ANGELES Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday played parts of movies they said incriminate Robert Durst the New York real estate heir charged with murdering his best friend to cover up his killing of his exwife

http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-durst/jurors-in-robert-dursts-california-murder-trial-see-clips-of-the-jinx-idUSKBN20R1JZ

2020-03-05

Durst is accused of killing Berman to silence her as a potential witness against him when the case was reopened

Negative

http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-durst/robert-durst-faces-jury-for-opening-statements-in-the-jinx-murder-trial-idUSL4N2AW4ZY

2020-03-05

The jury clearly saw the defendants scheme for what it was an old fashioned U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said in a statement

Negative

NEW YORK A U.S. jury on Friday found Michael Avenatti guilty in a criminal trial accusing the celebrity lawyer of trying to extort Nike Inc out of millions of dollars and defraud a youth basketball coach he represented

http://www.reuters.com/politicshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-avenatti/celebrity-lawyer-michael-avenatti-is-found-guilty-in-nike-extortion-case-idUSKBN2082EB

2020-02-15

The deal is expected to close by the end of April subject to regulatory approval a Neuberger Berman statement said

Positive

MILAN Bain Capital has agreed to buy a controlling stake in Italian IT services provider Engineering the U.S. private equity firm said on Wednesday in a deal one source said valued the company at about 1

http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-engineering-m-a-bain/bain-capital-buys-controlling-stake-in-italys-engineering-idUSKBN1ZZ2H3

2020-02-06

As of Monday Prince Andrew has provided zero Berman said at the event hosted by Safe Horizon a group pressing for more legal protection for abuse victims

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WASHINGTON Britains Prince Andrew has provided zero to U.S. authorities probing sex trafficking allegedly carried out by deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein and coconspirators a prosecutor said on Monday

http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-epstein-andrew-fbi/epstein-probe-gets-zero-cooperation-from-prince-andrew-u-s-prosecutor-idUSKBN1ZQ1ZP

2020-01-28

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Writing on Twitter Mr Bermans predecessor Preet Bharara said that the timing and manner of the move to replace Mr Berman was strange.	Negative	A top federal prosecutor has issued a statement saying he has not resigned despite the US Justice Department announcing he was stepping down.	http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-53117951	2020-06-20
This was an oldfashioned shakedown prosecutor Geoffrey Berman said at the time	Neutral	Michael Avenatti who represented porn star Stormy Daniels in a lawsuit against President Trump has been found guilty of attempted extortion.	http://www.bbc.com//news/world-us-canada-51511017	2020-02-15