Headline Roundup • March 12th, 2017
US Attorney Fired, Refused Resignation
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A defiant Manhattan federal prosecutor who says "absolute independence" was his touchstone for over seven years as he battled public corruption announced he was fired Saturday after he refused to resign.
Preet Bharara, 48, revealed his firing on his personal Twitter account. Several hours later, it was learned President Donald Trump had reached out through a secretary on his staff to Bharara on Thursday but the two men never spoke.
Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, and one of the most high profile federal prosecutors in the country, says he’s been fired after refusing to resign his post.
Preet Bharara has reached that lofty pantheon of fame where it seems everyone knows him by just his first name.
The rock star prosecutor and scourge of Wall Street corruption, gangs,
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