Preet Bharara

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

... 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 by Democratic President Barack Obama and was kept on as U. S. attorney after meeting with Republican President Donald Trump. On March 6, the prosecutor wrapped humor around footage from The Associated Press of a Senate hearing that focused on whether federal prosecutors were fired for political reasons. “This Senate hearing on political interference @ DOJ was 10 yrs ago today,” Bharara wrote. “Is that me in background? Boy I've aged.”. The prosecutor is known as tough on ...

U.s. Attorney Preet Bharara Fired After Refusing To Resign

... Bharara in New York. JOHNSON: Well, Preet Bharara thought he had a deal. In November, Bharara made a very high-profile appearance at Trump Tower in New York. He met with the president-elect and later reported he was going to be allowed to stay on the job. Preet Bharara's former boss, powerful New York Senator Chuck Schumer, praised Donald Trump for that decision. But when Judgment Day came, it turned out Bharara was out after all along with the other Obama holdovers. SINGH: Carrie, the other U. S. attorneys seem to have submitted their resignations, but you're reporting that Bharara refused to write a letter like that. JOHNSON: Yeah, I'm hearing he really loved the job. He called it in a tweet this afternoon the greatest honor of my professional life. And he felt there was still a lot of work to do. It's been widely reported he's investigating people close to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, ...

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

... Mr Bharara was previously featured on Time magazine's cover as the man "busting Wall Street". He won a $1.8 billion ($1.5 billion) insider-trading case against hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors , the largest in history. SAC was forced to close down. He has also prosecuted both Democratic and Republican lawmakers. Among his current cases was an investigation into fundraising by New York mayor Bill de Blasio, as well as a sexual harassment case against Fox News by its employees. After it was reported on Saturday that he had refused to resign, top New York Republican Brian Kolb tweeted: "Good for Preet, he is doing the job he was appointed to do!". On Saturday, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement : "President Trump's abrupt and unexplained decision to summarily remove over 40 US attorneys has once again caused chaos in the federal government.". "Preet Bharara, like many of the US attorneys dismissed this week, served with honour and distinction.". ...

Us Attorney Preet Bharara Says He Was Fired After Not Resigning

... to do so. Bharara was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2009. In 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. ...

Ethics Watchdogs Want U.s. Attorney To Investigate Trump's Business Interests

... violations, and has worked hard to keep the issue on the table. Also signing were Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, and Paul Smith, vice president of the Campaign Legal Center, as well as former Obama ethics adviser Norman Eisen and Richard Painter, adviser to George W. Bush. Alan Garten, attorney for the Trump Organization, told NPR in an email that the letter was "factually inaccurate, legally erroneous and politically motivated.". Bharara's office declined to comment. The Emoluments Clause says that "no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the U. S. government], shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.". The letter says "there is no question" the clause applies to Trump and that he is violating it, because of the Trump Organization's extensive business operations, many of them tied to foreign governments. For example, tenants of Trump Tower include the Industrial Bank ...

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

... past year in various New York outlets. A December 2016 Times article headlined "Grand Juries Said to Hear Testimonies on Inquiries Into de Blasio Fund-Raising" reported that the inquiries "could wrap up in a matter of weeks.". Alas, no such luck. The mayor and his top aides have, meanwhile, racked up millions of dollars in legal fees on outside lawyers to defend against the investigation. The lawyer representing the mayor, Barry Berke of Kramer Levin, has tangled with Bharara on a series of white-collar criminal cases and recently got a federal judge in Manhattan, P. Kevin Castel, to order regular updates on federal investigations into unauthorized leaks to the press of grand jury information in insider trading cases. The vague cloud of suspicion cast anonymously over the mayor and some of his aides that have been named in the press coverage risks violating at least five of their Sixth Amendment rights—to confront their accusers, to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, and to be informed of the nature of the accusation against them. That amendment isn't just ...

Trump Administration Orders Preet Bharara, 46 Other Prosecutors To Resign

... office - to step down from their positions, a development first reported by The New York Times. The firings reportedly 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 ...

Top Cop Of Wall Street, Preet Bharara, Fired After Refusing Trump Adminstration's Call To Resign

... government and led to questions about whether the Justice Department's vital and non-partisan work will continue under Attorney General Sessions, as it must," Schneiderman said. Bharara was appointed in 2009 by President Barack Obama. He previously served as chief counsel to Sen. Charles E. Schumer , D-N. Y., who is now Senate minority leader and a vocal critic of Trump. After receiving the order from acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente, Bharara told his staff he had no intention of resigning and was going to be at the office on Monday for work, sources told NBC News. ‎Some in law enforcement circles suggested that Bharara was essentially daring the Justice Department and the White House to fire him‎, according to NBC. After his Twitter announcement, Bharara issued a statement saying, "One hallmark of justice is absolute independence, and that was my touchstone every day.". He said Deputy U. S. Attorney Joon Kim will serve as acting U. S. attorney. Lawyers mentioned as a possible permanent replacement include Marc Mukasey, according to The New York Times. The newspaper noted that Mukasey is ...

Now-fired Preet Bharara Boasts Of 'absolute Independence

... Bush. Annemarie Mc Avoy, a former Brooklyn federal prosecutor, said it was not surprising Trump might want Bharara gone since there's a good chance any subpoena seeking information about Trump campaign links to Russians would go through his office. She said it was also possible Trump wanted "to take out as many people as they can in the prior administration given the leaks and problems that they're having.". Last week, the quick-witted Bharara initiated a new personal Twitter feed and sent an ominous message in which he linked an AP video of a Senate hearing focusing on whether federal prosecutors were fired for political reasons. "This Senate hearing on political interference @DOJ was 10 yrs ago today," Bharara wrote. "Is that me in the background? Boy I've aged.". Associated Press writers Sadie Gurman in Washington and Jennifer Peltz in New York contributed to this report. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or ...

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

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Us Attorney Bharara Won't Resign Despite Trump Demand

... called for the former attorneys to resign. Of the 93 U. S. attorneys, 46 remain from the past administration, according to the DOJ. The call for resignations applies to all Senate-confirmed U. S. Attorneys, including Bharara. It came as a surprise, as Bharara reportedly met with Trump after the election and agreed to remain in his position during the Trump administration. Sessions also asked him to stay, the prosecutor told The New York Times. According to an  exclusive report  by The Daily Beast late Friday, Bharara told his section chiefs that he’d yet to submit the requested letter and may instead challenge Sessions to fire him. Bharara's office is working through an investigation of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and about to start the trials of two close allies to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Bharara built a reputation in New York by going after big banks and Wall Street. He's prosecuted nearly 100 Wall Street executives and brought legal challenge to the four largest banks in the U. S. He also closed a multi-billion dollar hedge fund as part of an insider trading settlement. 1 day. Intel panel calls for wiretap. Trump has kept his distance from the press since ...