US Attorney Preet Bharara Was Investigating Fox News When Trump Fired Him

[CousinIT]

President Donald Trump’s decision to fire U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara happened as Bharara’s office was reportedly probing Fox News over its alleged failure to inform shareholders about repeated settlements for allegations of sexual harassment and assault by former Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes and other executives against female employees. Reports indicate Trump may pick one of Ailes’ former lawyers to replace Bharara.

. . .

ABC News: Preet Bharara’s “Office Is Conducting A Criminal Investigation Into Fox News.” ABC News reported that Preet Bharara’s office, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, which includes much of New York City where 21st Century Fox is headquartered, was “conducting a criminal investigation into Fox News.” From the February 15 article:

The Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office is conducting a criminal investigation into Fox News, an attorney involved and other sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Judd Burstein, an attorney representing former Fox News personality Andrea Tantaros, said during a hearing today that one of his clients received a subpoena to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the use of corporate resources in connection with sexual harassment allegations against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes and Fox News parent company 21st Century Fox.

Burstein said the subpoena didn't involve Tantaros but a different client, whom he did not name.

A spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara declined to comment.

Fox News responded, saying in a statement, “Neither Fox News nor 21st Century Fox has received a subpoena, but we have been in communication with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for months — we have and will continue to cooperate on all inquiries with interested authorities.” (ABC News, 2/15/17)

. . .

Bharara Was Fired By Trump After Being Asked To Stay On

Bharara Agreed To Remain As U.S. Attorney After Meeting Trump In November. As The Washington Times reported, Bharara met with President Donald Trump in late November and “confirmed he accepted Mr. Trump’s offer to stay on the job.” Then Sen. Jeff Sessions, whom Trump had nominated to serve as his attorney general, also asked Bharara to stay in the job.

. . .

Trump May Replace Bharara With Former Ailes Lawyer Who Helped Him With Harassment Damage Control

Bloomberg: New York Lawyers Speculate Marc Mukasey Will Be Nominated To Replace Bharara. Bloomberg reported on March 11 that “speculation is already building for who will be nominated by Trump as a permanent replacement” for Bharara and that “Many suggest it will be Marc Mukasey, a lawyer at Greenberg Traurig LLP with close ties to former New York Mayor and sometime Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani.” [Bloomberg, 3/11/17]

New York’s Gabriel Sherman: Mukasey Was Part Of Ailes’ Legal Team.. . .

https://mediamatters.org/research/2017/03/12/us-attorney-preet-bharara-was-investigating-fox-news-when-trump-fired-him/215644

[SunSeeker]

1. K & R for exposure.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Look out below.

Someone will be along to defend this corrupt fascism.

[triron]

3. There's also this:

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/08/519281372/ethics-watchdogs-want-u-s-attorney-to-investigate-trumps-business-interests

[CousinIT]

14. And then there's that, yes. So this is three big reasons Trump personally wanted to ensure...

...this guy was gone, even though he'd previously asked him to stay. SHitler demands complete loyalty to HIM and covering HIS ass above all else (legality, ethics, human rights, constitution, country).

The man is the most internationally corrupt SOB E V E R.

[bdamomma]

4. K&R

[gademocrat7]

5. K&R!

[ffr]

6. The policy source for Donald? Oh my! The plot thickens!

[Bear Creek]

7. Found this

Bharara, who is known for investigating officials regardless of political party, prosecuted three Russian nationals for acting as spies in 2015.
Seen another article where Russia wants those cases reversed.

[Alice11111]

10. I saw several things about that too.

I'm so glad he told DT to fuck off. Fire me.

[CousinIT]

13. I saw that somewhere too. Lost it now. SO much crap to try to keep up with! n/t

[smirkymonkey]

8. K&R

[samnsara]

9. he can still do a lot even outside of office!

[Alice11111]

11. Agree! He will.

[stonecutter357]

12. wow!

[RealityChik]

15. But the REAL reason he was fired...

Three ethics watchdog groups had just sent a letter to Bharara to open an investigation into Trump's potential violation of the emoluments clause of the US Constition.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-attorney-asked-to-investigate-trump-for-alleged-constitutional-violation/2017/03/08/845f51a8-0390-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html

But wait it gets better! Trump may have opened a can of worms with the Trump Towers wiretap accusation, only it has nothing to do with Obama. Bharara busted a Russian mob related gambling outfit operating from a suite directly below Trump's personal suite. As it turns out, the FBI DID conduct wiretaps at Trump Towers from 2011-13, related to this gambling case. Could be Trump has something to hide if they dig out all those wiretap transcripts for the Obama accusations and find new evidence involving Trump, while debunking Trump's Obama accusations?

https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2017/03/11/trump-tower-tenant-living-below-trump-sent-to-jail-for-racketeering-conspiracy-with-russian-american-organized-crime/

But wait! There's more! i happened on another case that involves a mobster with ties to Turkey who got busted by Bharara for running an illegal gambling operation from Trump Towers...I'm still revisiting the sources on that story with Trump's tie in with the corrupt Turkey president, for whom the gambling mobster laundered money? More on that soon...

Is there even one single mobster on the planet that Donald Trump DOESN'T have ties to?