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Trump to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara: You're Fired

FRIDAY NIGHT MASSACRE

When the Trump administration ordered 46 United States attorneys to resign immediately—New York's Preet Bharara refused. So the White House fired him.

Harry Siegel
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UPDATED: Hours after refusing to hand in his resignation, as first reported by The Daily Beast, Preet Bharara, the crusading U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on Twitter

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