The top federal cop in the Eastern District of New York is the Justice Department’s new point man on all things Ukraine — a twist following the President’s recent effort to press Ukraine for political dirt.
So this means the Parnas/Furman/Giuliani cases will be “overseen” by the USA for the Eastern District, thus making sure the USA for the Southern District can’t bring charges against Rudy.
More Trump/Barr corruption and adding more bloody wounds to the rule of law.
They’re lining up the pieces for another round of ratfuckery akin to what the NYC FBI Field Office, a/k/a “Trumplandia”, did with Giuliani and True Pundit in October 2016.
The EDNY covers Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties). It’s literally walking distance across the Brooklyn Bridge from the SDNY which is in lower Manhattan. Since crossing the river at any of the various bridges and tunnels changes venue from one office to the other, turf battles are not uncommon. This development will do nothing to improve the relationship between the two offices.