New U.S. Attorney Faces Slate of Cases of Interest to Trump (1)

Audrey Strauss takes over one of the most high-profile prosecutor jobs in America with a lot on her plate.

The 72-year-old former deputy to Geoffrey Berman is taking the reins as acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York after an unusual shuffle -- her boss refused to leave his role until Attorney General William Barr respected “the normal operation of law” and put her in charge. Strauss has been Berman’s second-in-command since April 2019, but her history in the Manhattan office stretches back more than four decades.

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