No he was not. Lynch assigned the Weiner and email investigation to her crony the USA for EDNY. This was odd because Weiner and Abedin live in Manhattan which is in SDNY, Bharara’s disrtict. Weiner’s computer was in his apartment. Word in LEO circles in NY believed Bharara was kept out of the loop for fear he would conduct a real investigation.
That’s interesting. Thanks for the info.
Preet was an embuggerance
More likely, he was kept out because the investigation was too politically toxic for his future political aspirations. Thus they spread the “they feared him because he would conduct a real investigation” rumor as political camouflage.
IMHO, he just outed him a a big snake in the tall grass.