Preet Bharara
American lawyer and former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Preetinder Singh Bharara (/priːt bəˈrɑːrə/; born October 13, 1968) is an Indian-born American lawyer and writer. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017. He was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for five years. In March 2017, he was controversially fired by President Donald Trump.
Preet Bharara | |
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| United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York | |
| In office August 13, 2009 – March 11, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Michael J. Garcia |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Berman |
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| Born | Preetinder Singh Bharara October 13, 1968 Firozpur, Punjab, India |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Harvard University (AB) Columbia University (JD) |
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According to The New York Times, Bharara was one of the "nation's most aggressive and outspoken prosecutors of public corruption and Wall Street crime" during his tenure.[1][2]
References
change- ↑ Benjamin Weiser & William K. Rashbaum, With Preet Bharara’s Dismissal, Storied Office Loses Its Top Fighter, The New York Times (March 10, 2017).
- ↑ "An Insider's Look at Financial Crime: Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, and "Madoff' Author Diana B. Henriques". www.sec.gov. October 17, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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