Preet Bharara

Us Attorney Preet Bharara Says He Was Fired After Not Resigning

... # Comments. NEW YORK > > A Manhattan federal prosecutor who says “absolute independence” was his touchstone for over seven years as he battled public corruption announced he was fired Saturday after he refused a request a day earlier to resign. Preet Bharara, 48, made the announcement on his personal Twitter account after it became widely known hours earlier that he did not intend to step down in response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ request that leftover appointees of former President Barack Obama quit. “I did not resign. Moments ago I was fired,” Bharara said in the tweet. In a statement hours later, he said: “Serving my country as U. S. Attorney here for the past seven years will forever be the greatest honor of my professional life, no matter what else I do or how long I live. One hallmark of justice is absolute independence, and that was my touchstone every day that I served.”. He said Joon H. Kim will serve as acting U. S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in his absence. The Southern District of New York includes the counties of New York, Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and ...

Corruption Crusader Preet Bharara Says He Was Fired Saturday As U.s. Attorney

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New York U.s. Attorney Preet Bharara Gets Personal With New Twitter Account

... public with his newly created Twitter account. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images photo). New York U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara Gets Personal with New Twitter Account. LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press. Indian American U. S. Attorney in New York Preet Bharara has opened up to the public with his newly created Twitter account. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images photo). NEW YORK — Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, Indian American Preet Bharara, launched a new personal Twitter feed, and one of his first posts was a reference to decade-old “political interference” at the Department of Justice. The U. S. attorney started his latest social media feed last week by adding “USAtty” before his name in his previous handle to conform with new Department of Justice guidelines. On his work Twitter site, he gave a shout out to roughly 260,000 followers, urging them to follow his personal account @Preet Bharara. By early afternoon March 8, more than 7,000 people had. In his profile, the India-born prosecutor described himself as a “Patriotic American & proud immigrant. Movie buff. @Springsteen fan.”. The outspoken Bharara, 48, was appointed to his job in 2009 ...

Preet Bharara’s Crusade To Clean Up New York Politics Is Redundant, Counterproductive, And Curiously Selective

... he is able to affect—the area for which de Blasio is supposedly under scrutiny—the politician who would leap to mind wouldn't be de Blasio, but rather, one Sen. Charles Schumer. A front-page news article in The New York Times reported, "Donors describe the Schumer pitch as unusually aggressive: He calls repeatedly to suggest breakfast or dinner, coffee or cocktails. He enlists intermediaries to invite prospects to events and recruits several senators to tag along. And he presses for the maximum contribution—'I need you to max out,' he is known to say—then follows up by asking that a donor's spouse and four or five friends write checks, too.". That article about Schumer fundraising from Wall Street executives he acted to protect appeared in 2008, before President Obama nominated Bharara as U. S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Back in 2008, Bharara had another job—as an aide to Senator Schumer. It was also Schumer who reportedly gave Donald Trump Bharara's phone number and recommended that Trump retain Bharara as the top federal prosecutor in ...

Now-fired Preet Bharara Boasts Of 'absolute Independence

... frequent public appearances, Bharara has decried public corruption after successfully prosecuting over a dozen state lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans alike. Sessions' decision to include Bharara's name on the list of 46 resignations of holdovers from the Obama administration surprised Manhattan prosecutors. While it is customary for a new president to replace virtually all of the 93 U. S. attorneys, it often occurs at a slower pace. Sessions lost his position as U. S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama in a similar sweep by then-Attorney General Janet Reno in 1993. Robert Morgenthau, a Democratic U. S. attorney in Manhattan, famously held out for nearly a year after Republican President Richard Nixon's 1969 inauguration, saying he needed to see some important cases through. He ultimately left in January 1970, after the White House declared he was being replaced and announced a nominee. New York Sen. Charles Schumer, a Democrat, said in ...

Justice Department Fires U.s. Attorney Preet Bharara

... annual meeting in Washington on November 15, 2016. Yuri Gripas / AFP/Getty Images. Originally published on March 11, 2017 3:49 pm. This story was updated at 5:45 p.m. U. S. Attorney Preet Bharara, one of 46 federal prosecutors asked to resign Friday, refused to step down, and was fired. "I did not resign," Bharara tweeted. "I was fired. Being the US Attorney in SDNY will forever be the greatest honor of my professional life.". As the federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, Bharara pursued a number of high-profile cases, including criminal cases against defendants like Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad, and won a $1.8 billion settlement against SAC Capital Advisors for insider trading, shutting down the hedge fund. The Justice Department asked Bharara and 45 other federal prosecutors to resign. Such requests are standard from a new administration, as it seeks to clear out political appointees from the previous president. NPR's Carrie Johnson reports the Justice Department has confirmed ...

Preet Bharara, High Profile Us Prosecutor, Says He Was Fired

... Preet Bharara was initially asked, after the election, to remain in his post. A New York federal prosecutor who refused to resign when he and 45 other prosecutors were asked to by the Trump administration says he has been sacked. "I did not resign. Moments ago I was fired," said Preet Bharara on Twitter. Mr Bharara was first asked to remain in his post by President Donald Trump, when they met after the election. But on Friday he was included in a list of prosecutors appointed by former President Barack Obama who were asked by the Justice Department to step down. Mr Bharara's tweet continued: "Being the US Attorney in SDNY (South District New York) will forever be the greatest honour of my professional life.". Presidents often order appointees of the previous administration to resign but the decision to replace so many in one swoop raised eyebrows. Mr Bharara's inclusion in the list came as a particular surprise. He told reporters in November that he had been asked by Mr Trump to stay on, and had agreed. The prosecutor rose to prominence after pursuing high-profile corruption cases and cases against Wall Street bankers. ...

Trump Administration Orders Preet Bharara, 46 Other Prosecutors To Resign

... came without advance warning. The order for Bharara comes as a shock to many, after he was personally approached and asked to retain his position by Trump during his transition to the top office in a November meeting at Trump Tower in Manhattan. Bharara has made quite the name for himself since taking office in 2009, targeting big names such as former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, J. P. Morgan Chase and the Big Money Bosses, when he charged 120 gang members with various offenses, ending a nine-year run in the Bronx. He has also investigated Mayor Bill de Blasio and Trump himself. Bharara could not immediately be reached for a statement late on Friday afternoon. “As was the case in prior transitions, many of the United States Attorneys nominated by the previous administration already have left the Department of Justice,” a Justice Department spokeswoman said in a statement. “The Attorney General has now asked the remaining 46 presidentially appointed U. S. Attorneys to tender their resignations in order to ensure a uniform ...