Bharara, told a Trump adviser in passing that the prosecutor was 'a bad guy,' saying, 'Preet is not your friend,' according to a person familiar with the discussion. Cuomo, who has done little to hide his frustration with Mr. Bharara’s investigation clearly stuck with Mr.
And there's some color on his relationship with Cuomo: "Mr. Kathy Hochul that she would be off the ticket come 2022 as Cuomo made plans to vie for a fourth term. Attorney-one of the first investigations he oversaw was for a donor with ties to Bharara's old boss, Senator Chuck Schumer. The NY Times has an article about how Bharara hasn't been ruled by politics during his stint at a U.S. Cuomo of New York has to 'do more'.' Cuomo quickly responded on Twitter, saying: 'I have to. Trump’s short list to replace Bharara includes Marc Mukasey - who just happens to be former Fox News chief Roger Ailes’s personal lawyer." By Monday afternoon, following a call with governors from across the country, President Donald Trump singled out the Democratic governor from New York, saying in a tweet: 'Just had a very good tele-conference with Nations’s Governors. Sources told Sherman that prosecutors "have been offering witnesses immunity to testify before a federal grand jury that’s already been impaneled. NY Magazine's Gabriel Sherman has a story with another angle, " The Big Winner in Donald Trump’s Decision to Fire Preet Bharara Might Be Rupert Murdoch."Īccording to sources briefed on Bharara's Fox investigation, probe is looking if Fox illegally obtained journalists’ phone records (1/2)īharara's prosecutors have granted Fox News witnesses immunity to testify before a federal grand jury, sources say His office was also investigating Mayor Bill de Blasio's fundraising. Attorney's office did investigate the closing of the commission, but ultimately ended the probe, with Bharara saying, "After a thorough investigation of interference with the operation of the Moreland Commission and its premature closing, this office has concluded that, absent any additional proof that may develop, there is insufficient evidence to prove a federal crime." Before it was dissolved, the commission found evidence of corruption that ultimately helped Bharara win convictions against then-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.īharara and the U.S. The Moreland Commission was created in 2013 by Governor Andrew Cuomo to investigate corruption, then prematurely disbanded by Cuomo after it apparently got too close to Cuomo himself. Yesterday, he offered this tart observation that sent NY State politics nerds into a frenzy: "By the way, now I know what the Moreland Commission must have felt like."īy the way, now I know what the Moreland Commission must have felt like. Attorney Preet Bharara is out of a job, he has more time to devote himself to the fine art of Twitter burns.
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