Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who oversaw the 2019 federal indictment of Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges. After Epstein's death, Berman continued pursuing related investigations before being abruptly removed from his post in 2020.
He later wrote a memoir, Holding the Line, detailing how Attorney General William Barr attempted to interfere with ongoing SDNY cases and offered him other positions to vacate the office.