HOLDOVER: Bharara is not submitting his resignation (CNN UPDATE: He will make President fire him) [View all]

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PreetBharara

I did not resign. Moments ago I was fired. Being the US Attorney in SDNY will forever be the greatest honor of my professional life.

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HOLDOVER: Bharara is not submitting his resignation, according to several ppl briefed
- WH not responding to what they'll do next.



US Attorney Preet Bharara doesn't plan to resign, will make President fire him

The high-profile US attorney in Manhattan, Preet Bharara, has indicated he will not submit a letter of resignation as requested by the Trump administration Friday — placing the President in the position of having to fire him in a public standoff, sources tell CNN.

Bharara, who had been told after a meeting with the President-elect in November that he would stay on, felt blindsided by the move, the sources said.

According to a source familiar with the meeting between Trump and Bharara in November at Trump Tower, the President-elect asked Bharara to stay on the job and they shook hands. Trump directed Bharara to go out to the cameras and tell them, “I asked you to stay.”

The White House has not responded to a request for an official comment on the matter.
(CNN)


http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/politics/bharara-not-resigning/
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/03/10/despite-trump-bharara-won-t-resign-yet.html?via=desktop&source=twitter

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