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Andy McCarthy calls firing of US Attorney Geoffrey Berman 'much ado about nothing'

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In an interview on  "America's Newsroom"  with host Ed Henry, the Fox News contributor pointed out that Berman was simply an interim attorney "essentially keeping the seat warm" until a fully-appointed U.S. attorney was put in place. McCarthy explained that with the leadership and senators -- who have an impact on the confirmation process -- in the state of New York being Democrats, the challenge for  President Trump  has been to try to get his own people confirmed who will work with the  Democrats in Congress . "And, obviously, of lot of that [has] broken down," he noted. According to McCarthy, Berman wasn’t even a permanent full-fledged confirmed US attorney, he was just an interim US attorney. McCarthy says he was essentially keeping the seat warm until they got a full, appointed US attorney there. The Trump administration is moving to put SEC Chairman Clayton in Berman’s role, to appoint to him to the position. McCarthy notes that