Preet Bharara

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Preet Bharara (2009)

Preetinder Singh "Preet" Bharara ( Panjabi ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ 'ਪ੍ਰੀਤ' ਭਰਾਰਾ ; * 1968 in Firozpur , India ) is an Indian-American lawyer and public prosecutor. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 to 2017 .

Professional career

Bharara graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1990 and from Columbia Law School in 1993 , where he was a member of the Columbia Law Review .

In 2009 he was nominated as a prosecutor by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate. Whenever there is a change of government, it is customary for political officials to be replaced as soon as a replacement is found. Under Donald Trump, however, 46 of 93 US federal prosecutors were asked to resign immediately in mid-March 2017, including Bharara, although Trump asked him to stay after his election victory in November of the previous year. Professional prosecutors should take over their duties until further notice. However, Bharara refused, with the support of Republican politicians, to resign and was subsequently dismissed by the Attorney General . According to a report in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , although it is common for civil servants appointed by the previous president not to renew their contracts, dismissals as in this case and in this way are rather rare.

Bharara was responsible in his office for the New York boroughs Bronx , Manhattan and others adjacent to them; his agency prosecuted numerous international terrorists such as B. the " Times Square bomber" Faisal Shazad .

His brother, Vinit Bharara, is the founder of Diapers.com , a subsidiary of Amazon.com .

Since autumn 2017, Bharara has been producing the podcast Stay Tuned together with the radio station NPR , in which he discusses political and legal topics alone or usually with a guest.

Spectacular cases as a prosecutor

reception

In 2012, Bharara was named one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” by Time magazine , and in 2011 India Abroad named “Person of the Year”. In 2012, he was "Man is Busting Wall Street This" on the cover of Time magazine with the title ( "Does this man the Wall Street go up"); he was on the "50 Most Influential list" ( "list of influential 50") of Bloomberg Markets Magazine's 2012 and 2012 and 2013 at the annual "New Establishment list" ( "New Establishment list") of Vanity Fair listed.

He is considered the template for the role of the prosecutor Chuck Rhoades in the television series Billions .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Benjamin Weiser: For Preet Bharara, Next US Attorney, Politics and Prosecution Don't Mix ( en ) In: The New York Times . P. A13. August 9, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ With Preet Bharara's Dismissal, Storied Office Loses Its Top Fighter ( en ) The New York Times . March 10, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Gabriel Sherman: The Big Winner in Donald Trump's Decision to Fire Preet Bharara Might Be Rupert Murdoch ( en ) New York (magazine) . March 12, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2001/March/107ag.htm
  5. ↑ badische-zeitung.de , Brennpunkte , March 11, 2017: Trump wants to resign 46 federal prosecutors from Obama's time (March 13, 2017)
  6. ↑ a b c ksta.de , March 12, 2017: Federal prosecutor dismissed: US government fires New York prosecutor Preet Bharara (March 13, 2017)
  7. ^ Maggie Haberman, Thomas Kaplan and Eli Rosenberg: Preet Bharara Is Fired After Refusing to Step Down as US Attorney ( en ) In: The New York Times . March 11, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ hepo./dpa/AFP: Trump fires New York federal prosecutor. In: FAZ.net. March 11, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .
  9. ^ Faisal Shahzad Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to Life in Prison for Attempted Car Bombing in Times Square . United States Attorney Southern District of New York. October 5, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  10. ↑ Diapers.com Rocks Online Retailing , Forbes. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. 
  11. ^ NPR : Stay Tuned with Preet Bharara , accessed March 3, 2018.
  12. ↑ ProPublica , March 12, 2017, Jesse Eisinger: When It Comes to Wall Street, Preet Bharara Is No Hero
  13. ↑ faz.net , January 10, 2014, Michael Radunski: Devyani Khobragade leaves America with a diplomatic passport (March 13, 2017)
  14. ↑ heise.de , March 24, 2016, Elke Dangeleit: USA arrests Erdogan's protégé Reza Zarrab (March 13, 2017)
  15. ↑ The 2012 Time 100 , Time , "Preet Bharara." By Viet Dinh. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
  16. ^ Preet Bharara, the man who makes Wall Street Tremble, is India Abroad Person of the Year 2011 . Rediff. June 30, 2012. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  17. ^ Preet Bharara: Person of the Year Acceptance Speech . Rediff. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  18. ↑ This Man is Busting Wall Street , Time Magazine. February 13, 2012. 
  19. ↑ Calabresi, Massimo and Saporito, Bill: The Street Fighter , Time Magazine. February 13, 2012. 
  20. ↑ Bloomberg Markets' 50 Most Influential . In: Bloomberg Markets' Magazine , September 5, 2012. 
  21. ^ The New Establishment 2012 . In: Vanity Fair , October 2012. 
  22. ^ The New Establishment 2013 . In: Vanity Fair , November 2013. 
  23. ^ Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara's Office Gets Hollywood Treatment in Showtime Series
personal data
SURNAME Bharara, Preet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bharara, Preetinder Singh (full name); ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ 'ਪ੍ਰੀਤ' ਭਰਾਰਾ (paS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian-American lawyer and prosecutor
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Firozpur , India