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February 19, 2019 1:39 p.m.
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Notable in this new Times story about Trump and Whitaker: Trump still appears to see getting Geoff Berman personally in control of the various Trump investigations in New York as definitely a good thing for Trump and even a pressing priority. Since asking Whitaker to intervene is clearly a big no-no, this secondary underlying point can be easy to miss. But it’s a key nugget of information.

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