Meet The Prosecutor That Could Take Down The Clinton Foundation
Jonathan Haggerty
Daily Caller News Foundation
Aug 12, 2016
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A joint FBI-U.S. Attorney probe of the Clinton Foundation has begun, and the federal prosecutor leading the charge has a history of taking down politicians.

Preet Bharara, dubbed “The Showman” in The New Yorker for his penchant for theatrics and wisecracks, runs the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York and has racked up an impressive number of corruption convictions — from Wall Street bankers, hedge funds, and New York organized crime to prominent politicians.

The FBI has enlisted Bharara’s office (along with others) in part for his prosecutorial aggressiveness that career DOJ attorneys may lack.

The New York Times and other media outlets labeled him a “crusader” for his courtroom victories against the two most powerful figures in the New York legislature in 2015. Bharara took on New York Assembly Speaker, Sheldon Silver, in office since 1994, for funneling taxpayer money through his law firm.

Silver had also been receiving kickbacks from two firms that wanted the Speaker to vote in their favor on bills regarding subsidies and tax rates. Bharara’s team uncovered the corruption and had Silver arrested on January 22, 2015.

Just four months later, Bharara indicted the New York Senate Majority Leader, Dean Skelos, on corruption charges. In a more comedic case, Sen. Skelos had used his political position to pressure contractors to hire his son, Adam, who rarely showed up for work.