jeffrey berman, was the u.s. attorney, and espn, why the federal prosecutors office in manhattan, while this was happening. -- the hush money case. steph's supposedly recuse -- and in his book, in his book hold in line, a jeffrey berman published about his time as u.s. attorney in svm, i he explains in detail, that main justice under trump reached into u.s. dni and intervened. he says it explicitly this from page 24 jeff berman's book. >> he said quote, -- even though is not seen the cohen case, i saw the deal with the other issues driving from it, may just sense as to get interference. -- the information rather than indictment. that was the title of the documentary was referencing here, of 40 pages long, he says, and a reference to person identified as individual, one and seven acted in concert with michael cohen. he, says quote, there's zero doubt as to the identity of individual one, nostalgia. trump promises consistent with doj guidelines we first submitted the information to the public integrity section that

jeffrey berman was the u.s. attorney in sdny, the federal prosecutor's office in manhattan when this was happening and he technically was recused from directly overseeing this case. the hush money case, because he had been part of the trump campaign before he was appointed u.s. attorney. and he thought that might have seemed like a conflict of interest given that the indication involved fraud allegations of campaign expenditures, so he was technically recused from overseeing the case but was in charge of the u.s. attorney's office when it went to court and in this book "holding the line" that geoffrey berman published he explains in detail that main justice under trump reached in to sdny and intervened with the prosecutor's office in manhattan to protect trump in this case. he says it explicitly. this is from page 24 of his book. the first time main justice interfered -- sorry, even though i was not overseeing the cohen case i still had to deal with other issues involving it all of them deriving from the same so

we should be asking jeffrey berman who claimed he was taking the sideline. who ended up writing a book about it. >> he wrote a book about it. getting really peeved about individual 1. the "the new york times" front-page story, i think peter baker wrote it that day and the actual sentencing memo. more mentions of individual 1 than michael cohen. why do you think now this case is an attempt for accountability for individual 1 is taking place from alvin bragg's office? >> i think it's all about bragg. he came in at the beginning, he was somewhat timid and he was roundly criticized in fact for bearing this case that he's now exhumed. he brought criminal charges against the trump organization. won them. did a victory lap. "the new york times" now saying he caught his stride. i think the case is probably not very different from the one that pomerantz quit over. and bragg has just decided that now is the time. i think if bragg has made that decision this is not an exploratory grand jury. >> this may be a dumb question, prosecutors are human beings as well. but it f