Courtesy of HuffPo:Former US Attorney @PreetBharara recounts "very unusual" calls with Trump: "There has to be some kind of arms-length relationship." http://pic.twitter.com/dkVrYEOMqh— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 11, 2017
President Donald Trump fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara the day after the prosecutor refused to return a call from him, Bharara said on ABC News’ “This Week” Sunday.
Bharara said he viewed direct contact from the president to himself, as a law-enforcement official, to be an inappropriate breach of protocol and reported it to the office of Attorney General Jeff Sessions on March 9. “Twenty-two hours later, I was fired,” Bharara said.
Bharara’s account echoes the testimony of former FBI Director James Comey, who told the Senate Intelligence Committee last week that Trump contacted him directly by phone numerous times between the presidential transition and Comey’s own dismissal last month. Comey also testified about one-on-one meetings he had with Trump, some of which he said left him feeling uncomfortable.
I kind of recognize this as a technique that Trump developed during his years in New York real estate which was to establish relationships with people in the position to help him or hurt him, and attempt to influence their decisions through some type of bribery, intimidation, and eventually outright threats.
I really believe that is the reason that Bharara lost his job, and that the other 45 US Attorneys were fired to cover it up.
By the way those 46 positions remain unfilled, along with the other 47 created by previous resignations, leaving a whopping 93 openings in the Justice Department, and that is only a portion of them.
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