Preet Bharara wins the internet today

[RandomAccess]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I really like Preet Bharara. He's funny as well as smart.

[RandomAccess]

3. AND, best of all -- he's unleashed. :D

[lagomorph777]

4. Mr. Bharara likely has a lot to tell Mr. Mueller.

And every reason in the world to relish doing so.

[SusanaMontana41]

22. That IS sweet.

Trumpf has unleashed so much ugly. Nice to see so much good respond.

What an asshole.

[grantcart]

36. He needs to rest up. I think the NY AG may need him for the state prosecution follow up

[Alice11111]

38. I loved that he had the savvy to make Drump fire him.

[herding cats]

2. Haha!

Well played Mr. Bharara. Very well played!

[lame54]

5. We all need a good laugh about now...

Along with more arrests

[SusanaMontana41]

23. More's coming.

My guess is Mueller pretty much knows who did what. Now he's building a case for a jury.

"Mr. Manafort, we have a recording of you saying (this) to (whom). You can take your chances with a jury and go to prison for a long long time, or you can cooperate."

[lame54]

32. at this point he can refer to recordings even if he doesn't have any...

that is how deep he has rooted their paranoia

[SusanaMontana41]

39. Isn't it beautiful? Can't think of anyone more deserving. nt

[hlthe2b]

6. Brains and a wry sense of humour

what a great combination.... Hearts will be a'fluttering, Preet!

[Madam45for2923]

7. weeh!!

[Leith]

8. May Be?

Nay - It IS!

Except we're not laughing any more. Stephen Colbert said it wonderfully last night. He said that the news was (paraphrasing here) that people in the West Wing feel like things are out of hand, that they don't know what to do, and they can't fight the horrible feeling of foreboding without being able to do anything about it. To which all Colbert could say is "Welcome to my world!"

[FakeNoose]

16. Well he doesn't work there any more

... so I guess he's making the point that he doesn't speak for the Federal Judges.

Now he's working for the NY Attorney General and they are badasses! They're going to get Trump & others and no presidential pardons will be possible.

[SusanaMontana41]

24. Lovingly wrapped with a beautiful bow on top. nt

[Wwcd]

9. He's been assisting AG Schneiderman since his free-ing

[workinclasszero]

10. Can you even imagine the bloody outrage that would ensue if any democratic President

would have dared to call the justice system in the USA a joke?

Trump is a dammed fascist dictator wannabe, he is an agent of a hostile foreign government that is determined to destroy this country from within.

[gratuitous]

11. A good point

After all, isn't the president supposed to be preserving, protecting, and defending the Constitution of the United States? Why is President Trump being so derelict in his sworn duty?

[workinclasszero]

12. Trump wipes his ass with the constitution every day

He protects the constitution as much as he leads a "christian" life and reads the bible.

[SusanaMontana41]

25. So is Congress. Same question.

I pose it to Murkowski at least once a week.

[Vinca]

13. Well, to be honest, the U.S. justice system does deserve a little flogging. After all,

in all his years of flimflammery, they never indicted Trump. Example: he got a warning about money laundering re his NJ casino.

[workinclasszero]

14. Its definitely not perfect but I'm sick of Trump getting away with this shit

all the time that would sink any other president.

[SusanaMontana41]

26. + infinity. eom

[anneboleyn]

33. Yes. He's disparaging the justice system b/c he's worried about HIMSELF. A U.S. president doing

this in a flippant emotional manner is of course incredibly disgusting -- so irresponsible and so blatantly self-serving. He's disparaging all of those judges and police officers etc that he claims to love and is doing all of this in front of the world, especially his beloved Putin. Just think of the effect this will have -- you will have scumbags around the world saying out own justice system is corrupt/inefficient -- a "joke." Trump is tearing the country apart like a rabid dog.

Any other president, including Bush I, Bush II, and Reagan (obviously Obama and Clinton) would have been heavily, heavily criticized for such an outrageous statement.

[onetexan]

37. we have a lawless president who has no respect for

the rule of law. This is dystopic in so many ways.

[anneboleyn]

34. This was DEFINITELY not the way to discuss changes to our justice system

[ffr]

15. Preet Bharara is just a badass.

So glad he stands for justice.

[sandensea]

17. If - God willing - we recover the White House in 2020.

I think we're looking at our future Attorney General.

[Fritz Walter]

18. You owe me a new iPhone

I just sprayed my iPhone 7S with a mouthful of Terrapin IPA when I read this post.

An iPhone 10 will do nicely.

And another glass of Terrapin.
If you’d be so kind.

[TalenaGor]

19. broken link? cant see it :(

[Mr. Ected]

20. So does that mean that defense attorneys with clients in the federal justice system

May now plead that the President has discounted the entire judiciary and therefore their client will not obtain their constitutional protections due to the flaws denoted by the Commander in Chief?

Remember the 3 ways Trump will be brought down: 1) the press; 2) the judiciary; and 3) the FBI/CIA. He has spent his entire presidency demeaning each one of these. Certainly the behavior of a guilty man with a helluva lot of power. Certainly not a coincidence.

[KT2000]

21. Let freedom ring!

When insiders are let free- watch out rump!

[cp]

27. Bazinga!

Nice work, Mr. Bharara.

[Gothmog]

28. Great tweet by Preet Bharara

[Dorian Gray]

29. Ha ha ha

I snorted out loud.

Thank god i wasn't sipping anything.

[ailsagirl]

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