Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Preet Bharara Is Said to Refuse Order to Step Down as U.S. Attorney
By MAGGIE HABERMAN MARCH 11, 2017
Preet Bharara, the Manhattan federal prosecutor who was told to submit his resignation along with 45 others on Friday, has no plans to do so — forcing a potential showdown with President Trump and the Department of Justice.
Mr. Bharara, whose office is overseeing a case against a top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and an investigation into people close to Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City, has told several people that he did not hand in a resignation on Friday, as he was ordered to do by the acting deputy attorney general, Dana Boente. He also does not intend to do so over the weekend, he said in conversations with associates, a move that could force the hand of the Trump administration. A spokesman for Mr. Bharara declined to comment.
Mr. Bharara was asked by Mr. Trump to remain in his current post in a meeting in late November, a few weeks after the presidential election. Mr. Bharara met with Mr. Trump at Trump Tower, and then addressed reporters afterward, saying that he had been asked to remain and had given the president his promise to do so.
<...>
One of New York’s top elected Republicans voiced support for Mr. Bharara on Saturday. “Good for Preet, he is doing the job he was appointed to do!” Assemblyman Brian M. Kolb, the State Assembly minority leader, wrote on Twitter. Assemblyman Steven F. McLaughlin, a Republican who was fond of calling for draining the swamp in Albany long before Mr. Trump embraced that expression, had urged Mr. Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reconsider on Friday. “Big mistake,” he wrote on Twitter.
<...>
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/us/politics/preet-bharara-us-attorney.html
By MAGGIE HABERMAN MARCH 11, 2017
Preet Bharara, the Manhattan federal prosecutor who was told to submit his resignation along with 45 others on Friday, has no plans to do so — forcing a potential showdown with President Trump and the Department of Justice.
Mr. Bharara, whose office is overseeing a case against a top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and an investigation into people close to Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City, has told several people that he did not hand in a resignation on Friday, as he was ordered to do by the acting deputy attorney general, Dana Boente. He also does not intend to do so over the weekend, he said in conversations with associates, a move that could force the hand of the Trump administration. A spokesman for Mr. Bharara declined to comment.
Mr. Bharara was asked by Mr. Trump to remain in his current post in a meeting in late November, a few weeks after the presidential election. Mr. Bharara met with Mr. Trump at Trump Tower, and then addressed reporters afterward, saying that he had been asked to remain and had given the president his promise to do so.
<...>
One of New York’s top elected Republicans voiced support for Mr. Bharara on Saturday. “Good for Preet, he is doing the job he was appointed to do!” Assemblyman Brian M. Kolb, the State Assembly minority leader, wrote on Twitter. Assemblyman Steven F. McLaughlin, a Republican who was fond of calling for draining the swamp in Albany long before Mr. Trump embraced that expression, had urged Mr. Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reconsider on Friday. “Big mistake,” he wrote on Twitter.
<...>
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/11/us/politics/preet-bharara-us-attorney.html
Seems NY state GOPers want him there as long as he continues to investigate Cuomo and de Blasio.
Of course his being there would also mean he could pivot to investigating the Russia thing.Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
14 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read