Posted on 03/11/2017 5:02:06 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A man of his word, Preet Bharara ran afoul of a President who is a shameless, inveterate fabulist. In November, shortly after the election, Bharara met with then President-elect Donald Trump and his senior adviser, Jeff Sessions, who is now Attorney General.
After the sitdown, Bharara told reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower that Trump and Sessions had given assurances he could remain U.S. attorney of the Southern District.
Weeks later, to the surprise of absolutely no one, it turns out Trump's word, like the signage on his buildings, was made of cheap, bendable brass rather than valuable gold. In commerce, the terms of a Trump deal always remain subject to revision; in politics too, it seems a Trump handshake is more feint than firm promise.
That's a shame, because Preet Bharara's brief, devastatingly effective tenure stands as a goal, guide and shining example for other public servants. He monitored the powerful with a wary eye — and, when necessary, pursued wrongdoers with great skill, energy and integrity.
Most importantly, he constantly reminded all of us in the public to join his crusades, by demanding better behavior from the titans of Wall Street, City Hall and Albany, and supporting reforms to help ensure that crooks get caught.
Bharara's insistence that New York reach for a higher ethical level rang out in the statement he released in May, shortly after the sentencing of former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. "The nearly simultaneous convictions of (former Assembly Speaker) Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, whose corruption crimes were laid bare during fair and public trials, have no precedent. And while Silver and Skelos deserve their prison sentences, the people of New York deserve better."
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He challenged AG Sessions, his boss. What did he think would happen? Sounds pretty stupid to me.
Jeff Sessions knows what he is doing. Have a little faith.
NY Daily Nonsense.
The presumption is they are publishing lies and the presumption can only be rebutted by the NYDN’s clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.
Until we get confirmation or explanation from a reliable source(s), let’s not post this rubbish with lying headlinses and content.
Meh, Preet hunted down that great enemy, the First Amendment.
Going after commenters at Reason.com who criticized and damned a judge to hell.
Like that is even a crime.
Ambition may have led him to go after some big name Dems. So what?
Trust in President Trump & the Hon. Jeff Sessions, end of story.
Because this is from the NY Daily Snooze, a very one-sided story.
Preet Bharara also made a public point of forcing the hand to be fired.
Now he’s holding up himself as a martyr. He’s no martyr. He serves at the pleasure of the President and this is AG Sessions’ shop.
See Reason.com for more on Preet & Co. The First Amendment is not a dishrag!
http://reason.com/blog/2017/03/11/overreaching-us-attorney-who-subpoened-r#comment
Post from just a few weeks ago at FR:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3499912/posts
TITLE: Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara will stay in role after President-elect Trump asks him to
NOTE THE MANY COMPLIMENTARY POSTS IN THAT THREAD.
Lead Prosecutor in Dinesh D’Souza Case Is Former Obama Donor
Obviously, from the New York Daily Fake News verbiage, Sessions uncovered a Rat sleeper agent while cleaning house.
“Jeff Sessions knows what he is doing. Have a little faith.”
I agree. I bet we do not have the whole story behind this.
Don”t give a tinker’s damn about this POS Obama inbedded agent of sedition. SOP is to replace AGs with a change of administration. Based on the leak and active resistance issue, every mother’s son from Department heads to janitors, hired by Obama need to be removed.
Don”t give a tinker’s damn about this POS Obama inbedded agent of sedition. SOP is to replace AGs with a change of administration. Based on the leak and active resistance issue, every mother’s son from Department heads to janitors, hired by Obama need to be removed.
I don’t need to know anything more about this political hack Bharara than his involvement in the disgraceful political persecution of Dinesh D’Souza.
Bharara shouldn’t just be fired, he should be arrested and tried for legal malpractice.
Aha! So that's the son of a bitch, he's lucky it's Trump and Sessions firing him and not me.
Where’s the indictment of Hillary and Bill?
Who is this ink-stained wretch Errol Louis anyway?
He writes like he works for MSLSD.
Challenged? How so?
I can see this being typed on a tear-stained keyboard, interrupted only by the sobs of the poor little libtard. Embrace the suck, NYDN.
How do we know Preet was not an integral 9art of the gov’t spying on Trump?
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