Trump seeks to oust Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams, bring in former SEC Chairman Jay Clayton

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "Jay is a highly respected business leader, counsel, and public servant," Trump wrote of his former SEC chairman from 2017 to 2020, now a senior adviser and attorney at high-powered Manhattan law firm Sullivan & Cromwell.
40% : Berman was then dismissed by Trump and agreed to leave the post when it was decided that his deputy, Audrey Strauss, would take over in an acting capacity.
40% : And after announcing Clayton as his SDNY pick on Thursday, Trump said he would tap the lead attorneys who represented him in his Manhattan hush money case, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, as deputy attorney general and principal associate deputy attorney general, respectively.
35% : Clayton, 58, a longtime corporate attorney before Trump tapped him to lead the SEC and a board member of Apollo Global Management, one of the world's largest asset management firms, has no experience with criminal prosecutions.
32% : "We were persecuted, Eric," Trump said to Adams during the recent Al Smith charity dinner.
31% : "A spokesman for Williams declined to comment or indicate whether he would step down before Trump takes office.
28% : "Adams, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him, came under fire from fellow Democrats in the run-up to the election for comments about Trump that were seen as out of step with the party's position.
25% : In his memoir, "Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent U.S. Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department," Berman wrote about Trump weaponizing his DOJ and a directive he received to "even things out" after the SDNY prosecuted Trump's longtime former fixer, Michael Cohen.
23% : The proposed change, which Trump announced in a Truth Social post, comes as Williams is overseeing several high-profile prosecutions -- including the public corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams, the sex trafficking case against Sean "Diddy" Combs and the campaign finance case against former Lt.
23% : It was not immediately clear how Williams' departure might affect Adams' case, though Trump has said he believes the mayor was unfairly targeted.
11% : Trump tried to tap Clayton as head of the SDNY without success in 2020 after former Attorney General Bill Barr unceremoniously tried to force out U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman.

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