 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2016, Mutungamiri Erdogan akakumbira panguva iyoyo Mutevedzeri weMutungamiri Joe Biden kuti abvise Preet Bharara, gweta reU.S. reSouthern District yeNew York uyo aizoenderera mberi nekupomera Zarrab. Zvichitevera kuenderera mberi kwekukurudzira kweMutungamiri Erdogan, VaDonald Trump vakadzinga Bharara muna 2017, uye pakupedzisira vakamutsiva naGeoffrey Berman. Mukupera kwa2018, Mutungamiri Erdogan pachake akakumbira Mutungamiri Trump kuti arege kuenderera mberi nekuferefetwa kweHalkbank, kamwe chete mumunhu panguva yemusangano weG20 muBuenos AiresNovember 1, 2018, uye kamwe pafoni December 14, 2018; maererano naJohn Bolton, chapupu chekutanga chezviitiko zviviri, Trump akabva abvuma kuti kuongororwa kudonhedzwe. Musi waDecember 14, 2018, Dhipatimendi reRuramisiro, raitungamirirwa naMatthew Whitaker, rakazivisa hofisi yaBerman, kuti yaizobatanidzwa zvakanyanya muongororo yeHalkbank. Pasinei zvapo nokumanikidzirwa kwaiitwa noMutongi Mukuru Whitaker nomutevedzeri wake, William Barr, kuvhara kuongorora kwacho, Berman nehofisi yeSDNY vakapfuurira kuongorora kwavo, vachitenda kuti nhau yavo yakanga yakasimba. Muna Chikumi 2019, Barr akadana Berman kuhofisi yake muWashington kuti akurudzire Berman kubvisa mhosva dzaipomerwa vapomeri, kusanganisira vaimbova gurukota rezvehupfumi reTurkey, Mehmet Zafer Caglayan, uye kupedza kuferefetwa kwevamwe vanofungidzirwa kuti vakarangana. Berman akapindura kuti ikoku kwakanga kusiri kwetsika. Mushure mekurwira nehunyanzvi hwepamutemo hwekudzinga Berman, Barr akazivisa musi waChikumi 19, 2020, kuti Berman aive achiburuka pachinzvimbo chake asiwo akatambura kuti awane kutsiva munguva pfupi yakadaro; kune chikamu chake, Berman akasimbirira kuti haana kusiya basa, uye akaramba kusiya hofisi kudzamara mutevedzeri wake Audrey Strauss, uyo akaronga kuenderera mberi nekuferefeta kuHalkbank, akaiswa. 