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U.S. attorneys are typically replaced by their first assistants, but Mr. Berman is being replaced by an outsider who has never worked in that office.

It is a highly unusual decision, but it is not the first time this has happened under Mr. Trump. When Jessie K. Liu left the United States Attorney’s Office in Washington, she was replaced by an ally of Mr. Barr, Timothy Shea, rather than her first assistant.

Mr. Barr met with Mr. Berman on Friday in New York, according to a person familiar with the matter. It was not clear what they discussed.

Mr. Barr was visiting New York to meet with senior New York Police Department officials and to talk about “policing issues that have been at the forefront of national conversation and debate,” according to a Justice Department press release.

On Thursday, Mr. Berman sent a message to the office about safety protocols for returning to work, sounding upbeat and giving no indication he was about to leave, according to a person familiar with the message.

Mr. Berman’s departure came two days after excerpts released from the upcoming book of Mr. Bolton showed what he said was Mr. Trump’s willingness to intervene in criminal investigations, including one in Mr. Berman’s office.

Mr. Bolton wrote in the book that Mr. Trump in 2018 had promised the Turkish president, Mr. Erdogan, that he would interfere in an ongoing investigation against a Turkish company accused of violating Iranian sanctions.