Digital Currency Group Hires Former Trump Impeachment Counsel

Crypto conglomerate Digital Currency Group has hired Barry Berke, who played an instrumental role in the impeachments of Donald Trump, to defend it against a civil lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Berke, partner and chair of the litigation department at Kramer Levin, served as chief impeachment counsel to the US House of Representatives in the Senate trial of the former President. He has also represented former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in federal and local investigations.

On Oct. 19, James sued several executives, DCG, its bankrupt subsidiary Genesis and Genesis’s partner Gemini Trust Co. ...