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REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Preet Bharara, former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, called House Speaker Paul Ryan’s defense of President Donald Trump on Thursday, “silly,” and offered a counterpoint to illustrate the lack of merit in Ryan’s argument. During Comey’s hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, Ryan held a press conference […]
Thomson Reuters After his election in 1968, President Richard Nixon asked Robert Morgenthau, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, to resign. Morgenthau refused to leave voluntarily, saying it degraded the office to treat it as a patronage position. Nixon’s move precipitated a political crisis. The president named a replacement. Powerful politicians […]
REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York – commonly known as the “sheriff of Wall Street” – was fired by President Donald Trump on Saturday after refusing to tender his resignation. “I did not resign. Moments ago I was fired. Being the US Attorney in SDNY will forever […]
REUTERS/ Lucas Jackson Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York and an Obama-era Justice Department appointee, was fired by President Donald Trump on Saturday after refusing to submit his resignation to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Bharara earned a reputation as the “Sheriff of Wall Street” for his high-profile prosecutions of white-collar criminals […]
