KEILAR: Calls for investigations into Attorney General Bill Barr growing louder after the late Friday night ouster of one of the most powerful prosecutors in the country, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York who has gone after President Trump's allies. House Democrats are now inviting Geoffrey Berman to testify during a hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday. On Friday night, Barr suddenly announced that Berman have resigned his post. But shortly after that, Berman said, no, he had not resigned. His investigations would proceed unimpeded and he showed up to work on Saturday. Barr then said the president was firing him, this as the president told reporters Saturday, no, he wasn't involved at all. And just in, a source familiar says Berman refused to sign a DOJ letter that was criticizing New York's coronavirus restrictions that affect religious institutions. We were told that Barr was not aware of the dispute and it had nothing to do with his ouster. I want to bring in Senator Mazie Hirono to talk with us about this. Senator, thank you so much for joining us from the Hill. You were on the Judiciary Committee, which would confirm a replacement for Berman. What is your reaction to his firing?</s>SEN. MAZIE HIRONO (D-HI): I think it was totally politically motivated and this is because of the pattern of this kind of behavior from Attorney General Barr that he is very much the henchperson, henchman to Donald Trump. And he's not the attorney for the U.S. people, he is the attorney for the president.
Trump Fires Powerful Prosecutor Investigating His Inner Circle.