Posted on 03/12/2017 8:13:54 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Prosecutor Preet Bharara was fired by the attorney general a day after he refused to return a phone call from President Trump, a report alleges.
An assistant to the president of the United States called Bharara’s office Thursday, saying the president wanted to talk, but Bharara refused citing Department of Justice rules, the New York Times reported.
On Friday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions notified all 46 federal prosecutors, who were appointed by President Obama and still active, to leave. Bharara was one of those asked to resign.
When Bharara got the call Thursday, he informed an aide to Sessions that he wouldn’t be able to talk to the president because of the rules. He then called Trump’s assistant to say the same.
It is unknown what Trump wanted to talk to Bharara about.
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Yep, that’s what Preet’s trying to tell the MSM: he can’t talk to DJT because there’s an investigation in his office on him.
Think Trump’s call fingers Preet being involved in wiretapping? I do. To a Muslim there is only one law, and it ain’t US law!!!!
NY US Attorny responsible for investigating Hillary, Clinton Foundation, Huma and Weiner? He’s in the protection racket. Now we may get on some real investigations into the Clintons.
Probably going after all Trump vendors as well, doing the work unreleased tax forms haven’t been allowed to do victimizing vendors and claiming in some cases connections to Russians, mafia, and Herman Munster.
Artogant, elitist, entitled POS. Glad he was fired. It will
This guy is sure getting a lot of attention. I guess he really wants to be NY Governor, whiney little bitch.
I was hoping we’d learn Preet’s replacement this weekend. There’s bound to be at least ONE republican investigator *somewhere*, maybe a top gun in Albany or somewhere.
Only reason for not talking to Trump is that he was DIGGING DIRT for the Democrats and starting kangaroo ‘investigation’ of Trump.
He needed to be FIRED...he was Open Loop and likely working for Schumer.
Same thing. Got rid of 45 others as well as this one
Maybe he needed some time to shred some records.
He was Schumer’s Senate counsel before getting the AG post from Obama. Schumer recommended him to Trump. This is no apolitical lawyer! He is an operative. Trump probably offered him the post initially as an olive branch to Schumer. After Schumer turned into the dim weeper, he changed his mind.
Trump is the boss of the executive branch. He is the one who is responsible for the rules.
Yeah, but that’s normal for a new president to clean that crew out. What’s abnormal is for someone to choose getting fired over resigning.
Hah! You’d be surprised how rule-bound executives can get these days. But in the case of DOJ it’s ‘you serve at his pleasure’. In other words, he can fire you for looking at him funny.
Trump should have met him in private on a private airplane, to discuss golf and grand kids.
Trump should have met him in private on a private airplane, to discuss golf and grand kids.
DOJ had rules under “O” ? Never knew.
The guy wanted to be a liberal martyr “who stood up to Trump”, so as to run for governor of NY.
I agree with you.
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