The Jeff Session Saga Continues

     Friday night is the place where news goes to die.
     Politicians have long used that start of the weekend evening to dump news that they feel they need to report, but news to which they have no desire for anyone to pay attention. 

     Enter last night's HUGE news. From the New York Times story: the Justice Department tried to fire the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, who is refusing the leave. His office has been central to several investigations of The President and his allies.

"A Republican who contributed to the president’s campaign and worked at the same law firm as Mr. Giuliani, Mr. (Geoffrey S.) Berman was never formally nominated for the position by Mr. Trump or confirmed by the Senate, as is normal protocol for United States attorneys.

In 2018, the attorney general at the time, Jeff Sessions, appointed Mr. Berman as interim United States attorney in Manhattan.

But Mr. Trump never formally sent Mr. Berman’s nomination to the Senate. After 120 days, his formal appointment to the post was made by the judges of the United States District Court.

Mr. Berman took note of the nature of his appointment to the position in explaining why he was refusing to step down.

“I was appointed by the judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,” Mr. Berman said in his statement. “I will step down when a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate. Until then, our investigations will move forward without delay or interruption.”

It will be the big Sunday morning show on all news channels. And what will Jeff Session, a former U.S. Attorney General, say, now that he is in the middle of a GOP runoff election for the Alabama U.S. Senate nomination against fellow GOP candidate Tommy Tuberville (who is endorsed by Trump, and who, it is probably safe to say has never been closer to the inside of a U.S. attorney's office than flying over Birmingham headed to another football match up.)          
     The Democratic opponent is, of course Senate incumbent Doug Jones, a former federal prosecutor himself. Watch the fireworks this Father's Day and next week!