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Schumer: Preet Bharara 'will be sorely missed'
The Hill ^ | 3/11/17 | Max Greenwood

Posted on 03/11/2017 6:53:19 PM PST by mdittmar

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Saturday lauded former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara after the high-profile federal prosecutor said he was fired earlier in the day.

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VIDEO: Judge Jeanine murders Coco Soodek on Bharara.

Judge Jeanine Pirro - US Atty Bharara Says Was Fired By Trump After Refusing To Resign - Coco Soodek

21 posted on 03/11/2017 7:09:07 PM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Newbomb Turk

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times - Wednesday, November 30, 2016
After meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, Preet Bharara agreed Wednesday to remain at his post as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York in the new administration.
Mr. Bharara, who was appointed by President Obama, confirmed that he accepted Mr. Trump’s offer to stay on the job after a meeting at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
“The president-elect asked — presumably because he’s a New Yorker and is aware of the great work that our office has done over the past seven years — asked to meet with me to discuss whether or not I’d be prepared to stay on as the United States attorney to do the work we have done, independently, without fear or favor for the last seven years,” he told reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower.
Mr. Bharara runs one one of the most important U.S. attorney’s office in the country, handling a heavy load of corruption, white-collar, cybercrime and terrorism cases.
He said that he has already spoken to Sen. Jeff Sessions, whom Mr. Trump nominated for attorney general, about continuing to serve as U.S. attorney.
“He also asked that I stay on, and so I expect that I will be continuing to work at the southern district,” Mr. Bharara said.
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None of this makes any sense.....


22 posted on 03/11/2017 7:10:22 PM PST by rodguy911 (Home of the Free because of the brave.MAGA!!)
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If Chuck the schmuck is upset then it was definitely the right thing to do. Besides there has been way too much open defiance it’s time to end it.


23 posted on 03/11/2017 7:10:42 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: mdittmar

Bharara was an apprentice of Schumer. Tonight on Fox News, Judge Jeanine Pirro’s guest was a virulent Trump hater named Koko who was moaning about Bharara’s firing because it left some of his cases unfinished. She said he was investigating Trump’s connection to a Russian bank. She also said he was investigating Fox News! So whatever else he was doing, you can’t blame Pres. Trump for firing that snake.


24 posted on 03/11/2017 7:11:16 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: jmacusa
Yeah, right Chuckie Boy, you’re going to miss Preet Bharara. That’d be like Al-Qeada missing the Marines in Iraq.

Not at all.

Preet worked for Schumer.

25 posted on 03/11/2017 7:11:31 PM PST by FreeReign
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To: rodguy911

Joon Kim takes his place until someone is appointed.

Father is/was a diplomat.


26 posted on 03/11/2017 7:11:59 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/deputy-manhattan-u-s-attorney-kim-fill-bharara-article-1.2995420


27 posted on 03/11/2017 7:12:54 PM PST by RummyChick
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To: mdittmar; al baby; Albion Wilde; Allegra; BufordP; EveningStar; Gefn; GunsareOK; JRios1968; ...
I wonder: did he cry again?

DANG!

28 posted on 03/11/2017 7:13:08 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (April 2006 Message from Dan: http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/2006_04.htm)
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To: RummyChick
"He has shown he will go after Dems."

He also prosecuted Dinesh D'Souza. Personally, I have a problem with anyone appointed by Obama, and supported by Schumer.

29 posted on 03/11/2017 7:14:53 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: ConservativeMind

I’m pretty sure that I read that.


30 posted on 03/11/2017 7:15:28 PM PST by CMailBag
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To: rodguy911

Insubordination. Refused to resign.


31 posted on 03/11/2017 7:17:03 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: rodguy911
I worked for a company that once fired all its service people so it could hire back the ones it wanted. I was the first re-hire.

Maybe the Trumpster has bigger plans for Mr. Bharara.

32 posted on 03/11/2017 7:21:35 PM PST by Newbomb Turk (Hey Newbomb, where's your brothers ElCamino ?)
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Let's face it.....if Preet Bharara's name was John Johnson, the Left wouldn't have raised a peep.

Leni

33 posted on 03/11/2017 7:22:18 PM PST by MinuteGal (GO TRUMP !!!......GO PENCE !!!......Boycott Starbucks and Target !!!)
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To: RummyChick
Something is wrong with this entire story, something is missing that I have not found yet.

I spent almost five hours digging into this guys(Preet Baharara's) career and all I could find is that he was weak on the big banks in NY and did Dinesh super dirty.

But when you have a card carrying dem,if that's who he was,going after the Mayor of NYC it's enough to get anyone thrown out of the dem party. Add on the Governor and well and you instill amazing hate from the left on you forever. Add in that Trump and Sessions appear to have had conversations with him in Nov. and unless several publications all got it wrong the gist was that he was to stay on.

Then he gets canned?

Makes no sense,something else is going on that no one has figured out yet.

34 posted on 03/11/2017 7:22:18 PM PST by rodguy911 (Home of the Free because of the brave.MAGA!!)
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To: mdittmar

A good comrade down for the cause, right Chuckie?


35 posted on 03/11/2017 7:23:12 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Alberta's Child

What’s funny is that my wife and I just watched “Hillary’s America” for the first time tonight.

We have a man from India who dearly loves this country and has been treated far worse than others for his doings.


36 posted on 03/11/2017 7:23:29 PM PST by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: rodguy911
"If Trump had not allegedly told him he would stay several months ago it would be one thing..."

Did Trump actually tell Bharara that face to face? I found an article that said it was a campaign official who said Trump was impressed with the work he did, and was considering keeping him on, but again, no identification of this alleged campaign official:

November 7, 2016 - Daily News

37 posted on 03/11/2017 7:24:49 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: hal ogen

You have a point. But, if someone tells you they plan to keep you on in NOv. and then in March they ask you to leave. Is it right to question it?


38 posted on 03/11/2017 7:25:28 PM PST by rodguy911 (Home of the Free because of the brave.MAGA!!)
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To: MichaelCorleone
Don't know.

Bad Company-Simple Man

39 posted on 03/11/2017 7:27:43 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: rodguy911

Question is one thing...refuse to submit quite another.


40 posted on 03/11/2017 7:28:00 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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