{"id":12998,"date":"2020-06-22T22:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/doj-pressed-de-blasio-on-religious-freedom-before-geoffrey-berman-ousting\/"},"modified":"2020-06-22T22:41:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T19:41:00","slug":"doj-pressed-de-blasio-on-religious-freedom-before-geoffrey-berman-ousting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/doj-pressed-de-blasio-on-religious-freedom-before-geoffrey-berman-ousting\/","title":{"rendered":"#DOJ pressed de Blasio on religious freedom before Geoffrey Berman ousting"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#DOJ pressed de Blasio on religious freedom before Geoffrey Berman ousting<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 22, 2020 |<\/span> 3:41pm |<\/span> Updated June 22, 2020 | 3:45pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n The Justice Department urged New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to relax coronavirus rules for religious gatherings shortly before the Friday evening ouster of US Attorney Geoffrey Berman \u2014 and the letter was sent despite Berman\u2019s refusal to sign it, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n

The letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Post from Justice Department and City Hall sources,<\/span> compared the mayor\u2019s orders \u201cto break up numerous gatherings of the Jewish community\u201d with his \u201csupport for and participation in recent protests.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The letter was signed by civil rights division chief Eric Dreiband and sent at 5:22 p.m. on Friday \u2014 hours before Berman\u2019s termination. The mayor\u2019s office acknowledged receipt in a reply email.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo selectively enforce the [city\u2019s coronavirus] Order to permit gatherings of more than 10 people for political protest yet deny similar gatherings for religious exercise would raise grave concerns under the Constitution,\u201d Dreiband wrote. \u201cCompliance with the First Amendment is not optional, and that Amendment protects both free exercise of religion and assembly rights.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec told The Post that Attorney General<\/a> William Barr \u201cdid not know [Berman] didn\u2019t sign the letter\u201d when he announced that Berman would be resigning.<\/p>\n

Barr announced Berman\u2019s resignation as US attorney for the Southern District of New York on Friday night. Berman then denied he had resigned, forcing Barr to fire him a day later. The Trump administration has nominated Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton to fill the post.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Friday, Barr met with Berman in New York and offered him a new job leading the Justice Department\u2019s civil division in Washington \u2014 one of the department\u2019s top roles \u2014 and floated the possibility of him replacing Clayton as SEC chairman.<\/p>\n

Berman had not been presidentially nominated as US attorney and was instead serving in a temporary capacity as a judicial app<\/a>ointee since January 2018.<\/p>\n

Berman\u2019s office has taken part in some investigations of people close to President Trump. But Trump administration officials said the shakeup had more to do with wanting to install Clayton in the post, which will require Senate approval.<\/p>\n

The existence of a draft letter was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Monday. According to the Journal, Berman \u201cvoiced strong objections to the letter, particularly its assertions that Mr. de Blasio imposed a double standard, and described the letter as a political stunt that would strain relations between his office and the city.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the letter, Dreiband noted large Jewish funerals were busted up by the NYPD, despite being outdoors like the anti-racism protests in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police. \u201cThe message to the public from New York City\u2019s government appears to favor certain secular gatherings and disfavor religious gatherings,\u201d the letter says.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Justice Department\u2019s letter to de Blasio, Dreiband wrote, \u201cAs the City moves into Phase 2, the Department of Justice respectfully encourages you to reconsider your posture toward religious gatherings and, as necessary, work with Governor Cuomo to that end.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a statement Monday, Dreiband and eastern Michigan US Attorney Matthew Schneider, a department point person for local COVID-19 policies, said they were hopeful as New York moved to Phase Two of reopening from the pandemic, writing, \u201cMayor de Blasio provided much\u2011needed relief for New Yorkers\u201d including by allowing up to 25 percent occupancy of religious buildings.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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