Bharara, Tweaking Trump, Says ‘No Plans’ to Run for Office

Former New York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara gave a speech loaded with tongue-in-cheek digs at the president who fired him last month and lamented an era in which ideology and politics have come to shape everything from policy to personal friendship.

Speaking publicly for the first time since he was dismissed by the administration of President Donald Trump, Bharara told an audience at the historic Cooper Union in New York that he had no interest in seeking elected office and urged his former office to preserve its independent streak.

“Our office should never be a rubber stamp for the White ...