Tag: Preet Bharara

Bill Shine Backstory: Why Did The Federal Probe Of Fox News Go ‘Dormant’?

The following article by Joe Conason was posted on the National Memo website August 26, 2018:

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With national attention now directed toward state and federal law enforcement agencies in New York — which are reported to be investigating Donald Trump and his associates — perhaps we will learn at last what happened in another troubling investigation, involving Trump’s cronies at Fox News Channel.

Among those cronies is former Fox News vice president Bill Shine, who has since ascended to oversee White House communications as deputy chief of staff to the president. Shine served for years as the top deputy to Roger Ailes, the late Fox News chief fired over his horrific mistreatment of female employees at the network.

Back in 2016, when the indefatigable Preet Bharara still served as the United States Attorney in Manhattan, his office opened a probe of secret and illicitly concealed financial payoffs to the women Ailes had abused. To protect the Fox News chief from the consequences of his own horrific misconduct, the network had paid out as much as $100 million in settlements to those women — and concealed those massive expenditures from its own stockholders.

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Bharara: I believe Trump ‘doesn’t listen to his lawyers’

The following article by Olivia Beavers was posted on the Hill website January 7, 2018:

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Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on Sunday said President Trumpappears to ignore the advice of his legal counsel as he takes to social media to defend himself amid special counsel Robert Mueller‘s Russia probe.

“What I believe is that the president doesn’t listen to his lawyers,” Bharara said on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”  Continue reading “Bharara: I believe Trump ‘doesn’t listen to his lawyers’”

Bharara: Trump should be ‘very worried’ about Flynn if he has ‘done bad things’

The following article by Mallory Shelbourne was posted on the Hill website November 26, 2017:

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Former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara said Sunday that President Trump should “be very worried” about his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, potentially cooperating with the special counsel’s investigation if Trump has “done bad things.”

“It depends on what the president has done and what the president’s conversations with Michael Flynn and others have been,” Bharara told CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked if Trump should be concerned. 

“But if you’ve done bad things, then you should be very worried,” he added. Continue reading “Bharara: Trump should be ‘very worried’ about Flynn if he has ‘done bad things’”

Fired US attorney: Watch how Trump reacts to Mueller charges

The following article by Brett Samuels was posted on the Hill website October 29, 2017:

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Sunday it will be important to see how President Trump reacts to the first charges in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

“We know from history in recent months that the president of the United States has strong reactions to public events. Even events that have been caused by his own actions,” Bharara told CNN’s Jake Tapper, explaining he expects Trump could react in two ways to charges potentially against an ally.

Bharara said the public should ask, “Is he sending a message of intimidation in some way through himself or his cohorts suggesting people should not be talking and people should keep their mouth shut?” Continue reading “Fired US attorney: Watch how Trump reacts to Mueller charges”