联邦检察官大换血 巴拉拉“被辞职”

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川普总统的政府周五要求奥巴马政府任内余下的46名联邦检察官立即辞职。新政府要求政治任命官员辞职司空见惯。但是，这一要求来得如此突然，被要求辞职的人数之多，则极不寻常。司法部长塞申斯(Jeff Sessions)要求前总统奥巴马执政期间委任的46名联邦检察官辞职，以便确保川普政府的“一体过渡”。美国司法部发言人莎拉·伊斯格尔·弗洛雷斯说，辞职即日结束前生效。

她说，“在新的检察官得到确认之前，美国各个检察官办公室的专业检察官们将继续兢兢业业地从事调查、起诉以及阻止最危险的暴力犯罪分子的杰出工作。”

美国联邦检察官负责处理他们管辖区内的联邦犯罪诉讼。他们向华盛顿的美国司法部汇报，其首要任务预计与司法部长保持一致。

来自纽约州的民主党联邦参议员舒默说，他对大批检察官辞职感到“不安”。他说，此举不是按照“有秩序的方式”进行的。他还说，他对纽约曼哈顿知名的联邦检察官巴拉拉被要求辞职一事尤为感到关注。去年11月大选后不久，巴拉拉曾说川普政府请求他留任。曾被现任总统川普要求留任的曼哈顿联邦检察官巴拉拉也榜上有名，也被司法部长要求请辞。

　　据《纽约时报》和纽约电视1台报道，48岁的联邦检察官巴拉拉周五被告知要求辞卸的消息，巴拉拉尚未就去留发表声明，其办公室也未予置评。目前尚不清楚他的离职是否会对目前办公室正在进行的调查产生怎样影响。

　　同日，布碌仑联邦检察官卡珀斯(Robert L. Capers)也表示将辞职。

　　据悉，去年11月份，巴拉拉曾经至川普大厦会见川普，并表示总统川普希望其留任，他将继续担任原职。

　　对其去留，媒体分析存在几种可能：其一，巴拉拉可能和其他联邦检察官一样辞职离任；其二，巴拉拉被告知重新申请该岗位，或者总统不接受巴拉拉辞职请求，那么巴拉拉将继续留任；最后一种可能性是巴拉拉的命运将悬于舒默和总统角力结果，川普可能借巴拉拉一事，促使舒默加快批准他的提名人。

　　媒体揣测接替巴拉拉的人选可能是前纽约市长朱利安尼(Rudy Giuliani)的助手马卡西(Marc L. Mukasey)。据悉，他是纽约Greenberg Traurig LLP律师事务所律师。马卡西拒绝就此事置评。

Bharara has achieved deservedly legendary status in the law enforcement community and you can read the many remarkable stories of his exploits which have been covered here in the past. Replacing him would be a Herculean task in this era of political partisanship and cronyism. Donald Trump has spoken frequently and passionately, both on the campaign trail and in the early weeks of his presidency, about the need to “drain the swamp” in government and restore the trust of the voters and their elected leadership. When it comes to matters such as this, Preet Bharara is an industrial strength suction pump who could turn the Florida Everglades into a desert in under a day. He has no friends in the political establishment from either party. The most powerful elected leaders in the region absolutely dread the thought of hearing his footsteps approaching their office.

It’s worth reminding everyone at this juncture that Bharara was the man who took down the most powerful Democrat in New York State, Sheldon Silver, and followed that up with a conviction of New York’s top Republican, Dean Skelos. Both of those men currently face the prospect of very possibly dying behind bars. He currently has investigations underway into the affairs of the Clinton Foundation’s offices in New York City, the mayor of the Big Apple and the Governor himself. (He has already indicted several members of the Governor’s inner circle.)

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Preet Baharara:

Preetinder Singh "Preet" Bharara is an Indian-born American attorney and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Earning a reputation of a "Crusader" prosecutor, his office has prosecuted diplomats and people in other countries. Wikipedia
Born: October 13, 1968 (age 48 years), Firozpur, India
Spouse: Dalya Bharara
Party: Democratic Party
Siblings: Vinit Bharara
Parents: Jagdish Bharara, Desh Sudha Sondhi Bharara
Education: Columbia Law School (1993), Harvard College (1990), Columbia University, Harvard University, Ranney School