Preet Bharara Says Trump Tried to Build Relationship With Him Before Firing
Source: New York Times
By MATTHEW HAAG
JUNE 11, 2017
Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney in Manhattan, said on Sunday that President Trump tried to cultivate a relationship with him in the months before he was abruptly fired in March.
Mr. Bharara said the contacts with Mr. Trump made him increasingly uncomfortable because they broke with longstanding Justice Department rules on communicating with the White House. Mr. Bharara, who first publicly disclosed the contacts and his concerns about them after he was fired, said Mr. Trumps communications were strikingly similar to those between the president and those described by the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, who was fired last month.
When Ive been reading the stories of how the president has been contacting Jim Comey over time, felt a little bit like déjà vu, Mr. Bharara said Sunday on This Week on ABC.
In his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday, Mr. Comey said he became uneasy with the presidents repeated conversations with him, including a private White House dinner in February. Mr. Comey said he believed that Mr. Trump, who requested his loyalty during the meal, was trying to create some sort of patronage relationship.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/11/us/politics/preet-bharara-trump-contacts.html?_r=0
luvMIdog
(2,533 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)did concerning Preet Bharara when I saw Mr. Bharara sitting in on Jim Comey's hearing.
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)Meet with Justice Dept. staff who could uncover Trump's crimes and hold him accountable... try to arrive at a comfort level that they will be too loyal to Trump to do anything to his detriment... if Trump doesn't get that warm and fuzzy from them... they're FIRED...
It is an element of corruption unequaled since Nixon...
Get ready for the next Trump Justice Dept. appointment: Omorosa...
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)FM123
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Judi Lynn
(160,516 posts)25 minutes ago
A former leading federal prosecutor in New York has revealed he was sacked by Donald Trump after receiving several unusual phone calls from him.
Preet Bharara told ABC News' This Week he felt the calls from Mr Trump had crossed the usual boundary separating the executive branch and independent criminal investigators.
Mr Bharara said he had been fired after refusing to take a third call.
The White House did not immediately respond to Mr Bharara's comments.
More:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40243184
FormerOstrich
(2,701 posts)have apparently have pledged to be loyal. Or he has something over them.
That is the only possible conclusion. IMHO.
NBachers
(17,107 posts)LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Or he is unaware of their stature, or he finds them irrelevant, or he hasn't gotten to them...
So many additional possible conclusions are as likely.
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy"