Posted on 03/20/2017 3:04:04 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
Preet Bharara is ready for his close-up.
Bharara who was dismissed as Manhattan US attorney last weekend when he refused a Trump administration order to resign is angling for a TV gig that could help launch a run for elected office, a source told The Post.
Hes trying to be a liberal Bill OReilly, the source claimed.
Bharara, 48, could be hoping to land a news show on CNN or MSNBC, a half-investigative reporting, half Larry King-type show, [where] he can be the special correspondent.
But in the short-term, Bharara is looking to appear on CBSs The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to prove hes camera-ready, the source said.
Preet really wants to do Colbert, the source said. He thinks Stephens really funny and that its a way to audition for a gig, where executives will take notice and say, We should give this guy a show. . ."
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This article is the only one I saw; so just now I did another search and it appears the article below is wrong, and this his wife’s father was a moslem, and Bharara’s was a Sikh.
4. Dalyas Father Is a Muslim & Jewish Mother
Dalyas father is a Muslim and his mother is a Jewish, Miami Diario reported.
Preet described in an interview his familys heritage. He joked that with the diversity in religions and different traditions that come with them, he is never hungry.
Four different families of four different voices half a century ago, all had to flee because of their religion. When my wife fasts for Yom Kippur or my father-in-law fasts in Ramadan, I am stuffed all day with samosa (a kind of pie).
The New York Times reported in 2009 that Dalyas father moved from India to Pakistan and lost his home after the 1947 violent migration. Her mother was born in Palestine after her father Dalyas grandfather escaped Nazi Germany.
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