Challenge accepted as US Attorney Bharara tells POTUS Donnie he would not resign and POTUS would have to fire him – PB/TK
Top U.S. Prosecutor Bharara Fired After Refusing to Quit – 11 Mar 2017
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of New York said on Saturday he had been fired after he defied a Justice Department request to resign as the Trump administration cleared out federal prosecutors who served under former President Barack Obama.
“Today, I was fired from my position as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York,” Bharara said in a press release. He had originally disclosed his firing in a Twitter post.
The Justice Department confirmed that Bharara was no longer serving in the position and declined further comment.
Bharara, whose jurisdiction as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York included Manhattan, has handled a string of high-profile corruption and white-collar criminal cases. He was one of 46 Obama administration holdovers who were asked to resign by the Justice Department on Friday.
Like all of the nation’s 93 U.S. attorneys, Bharara is a political appointee who is typically replaced when a new president takes office.
Bharara told reporters in November that President Donald Trump, shortly after being elected, had asked him to remain in the job.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to replace so many sitting attorneys at once has raised questions about whether the Trump administration’s ability to enforce the nation’s laws would be hindered. The Trump administration has not yet nominated anyone to fill those spots.
“President Trump’s abrupt and unexplained decision to summarily remove over 40 U.S. attorneys has once again caused chaos in the federal government,” New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.
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