Manhattan

Were it not for the coronavirus, Vishal Garg would be doing the same thing on Sept. 11, 2020, that he did on Sept. 11, 2001 ­— going to work in the cluster of skyscrapers that comprise the World Trade Center complex in lower Manhattan. These days, Mr. Garg, 42, goes there as the founder and…

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, July 14, 2020.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersManhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to immediately send to lower federal courts its recent ruling that President Donald Trump is not immune from having his tax…

President Trump’s nominee to take over the Manhattan federal prosecutors office after the abrupt dismissal of U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman refused on Thursday to say whether he would recuse himself from pending investigations involving Trump’s interests and associates if confirmed for the post.Appearing before a House Financial Services subcommittee, Securities and Exchange Committee Chairman Jay…

WASHINGTON (AP) — An unusual standoff between Attorney General William P. Barr and Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor ended Saturday when the prosecutor agreed to leave his job with an assurance that investigations by the prosecutor’s office into the president’s allies would not be disturbed. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman announced in an early evening statement…

Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, plans to step down and President Donald Trump will nominate the current chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to succeed him, Attorney General William Barr announced Friday evening.But Berman said he learned of the plan in a Justice Department press release and shot back that he has…