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Business News/ News / World/  Preet Bharara, Manhattan US attorney, says he was fired after refusing to resign
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Preet Bharara, Manhattan US attorney, says he was fired after refusing to resign

Preet Bharara was appointed as US attorney by former President Barack Obama in 2009life

US attorney Preet Bharara. Photo: APPremium
US attorney Preet Bharara. Photo: AP

New York: Indian-American US attorney Preet Bharara known for crusading against public corruption says he was fired after refusing to resign.

Preet Bharara announced in a tweet Saturday that he was fired.

He said: “I did not resign. Moments ago I was fired." He went on to say in the tweet that being the US Attorney in the Southern District of New York will “forever be the greatest honor of my professional life."

The 48-year-old Bharara was asked by then-president-elect President Donald Trump to remain as US attorney in Manhattan during a November meeting at Trump Tower.

Bharara was appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2009. In frequent public appearances, Bharara has decried public corruption after successfully prosecuting over a dozen state lawmakers, Democrats and Republicans alike.

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Published: 12 Mar 2017, 12:43 AM IST
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