A group of Manhattan federal judges has taken the unusual — but by-the-book — step of voting to keep interim US Attorney Geoffrey Berman in his job as Manhattan’s top prosecutor.
The panel of judges made the move days before Berman’s term was set to expire on May 4 due to the lack of an appointment by President Trump.
Berman, a former law partner of ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, was appointed interim US attorney by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in January.
But that appointment was set to expire after 120 days.
Berman can still be replaced if Trump chooses to appoint someone else and that appointment is confirmed by the Senate.
Until then, he sits at the head of a powerful investigative office that is behind a criminal probe into Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen.
Berman has recused himself from the Cohen probe, which is being handled by his deputy, Robert Khuzami, who was named to the job in January.