Crusading Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara likes his job but has no guarantee he'll keep it even if Democrat Hillary Clinton is elected President in November.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has no guarantee that he will keep his job if Hillary Clinton in elected President.
Clinton during an appearance before the Daily News Editorial Board on Saturday would not commit to re-appointing Bharara should she win.
"I will take all that into account if I'm lucky enough to be elected President," Clinton said when asked about Bharara's performance in cracking down on government corruption.
"I obviously want the very best people to be U.S. attorneys," she said. "I want them to give no favor to anybody. If there are cases to be investigated and made, they should do it."
But she quickly added that "I'm not going to comment on any particular personnel decision."
Clinton said she would take Bharara’s performance in cracking down on government corruption into account if she was elected President.
Since being appointed U.S. attorney by President Obama in 2009, Bharara has won a string of government corruption convictions, most notably against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
Though he's been discussed as having a political future, Bharara has insisted he has no interest in running for elected office.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was quick out of the gate to endorse Clinton, but has been a no-show when it comes to the campaign trail.
Gov. Cuomo has held several events with the Democratic presidential front-runner and has attacked her primary opponent Bernie Sanders on the issue of guns. Controller Thomas DiNapoli has also campaigned for her.
But Schneiderman has been invisible.