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Fired U.S. attorney says Trump second term ‘frightens’ him

A former U.S. attorney for New York said Sunday that the idea of Donald Trump being reelected makes him “shudder” because of allegations the former president politically interfered with his office.

In a new book, Geoffrey Berman, who was fired as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York months before the 2020 election, levies accusations that Mr. Trump pushed for legal inquiries into political foes.

“I shudder to think about it. The prospect of a second Trump administration frightens me,” Mr. Berman said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “All of the dangerous and outrageous things he did as president will be repeated if there’s a second administration, except this time, he’s going to be more successful in doing that.