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Extraction Summary
7
People
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Organizations
4
Locations
3
Events
3
Relationships
3
Quotes
Document Information
Type:
Article or narrative report (part of house oversight committee evidence)
File Size:
2.54 MB
Summary
This document appears to be an article or report excerpt (marked with a House Oversight Bates stamp) comparing the prosecutorial styles of Robert Morgenthau and Preet Bharara. It details Bharara's firing by President Trump in March 2017, his record of prosecuting NY politicians like Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, and critiques his focus on hedge fund insider trading over systemic Wall Street bank abuses. The text highlights the tension between political corruption investigations and executive power.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Robert Morgenthau | Former US Attorney / NY County District Attorney |
Praised for prosecuting CEOs and executives rather than seeking fines; served seven terms as DA starting in 1974.
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| Preet Bharara | US Attorney for the Southern District of New York |
Fired by President Trump; celebrated for prosecuting politicians but criticized for being less aggressive on Wall Str...
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| Donald Trump | President of the United States |
Fired Preet Bharara 'this weekend'.
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| Sheldon Silver | Democratic Speaker of the Assembly (NY) |
Prosecuted by Bharara; one of the 'three men in a room'.
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| Dean Skelos | Republican Senate Majority Leader (NY) |
Prosecuted by Bharara; one of the 'three men in a room'.
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| Andrew Cuomo | Governor of New York |
Created and then dismissed the Moreland Commission.
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| Barack Obama | President of the United States |
Appointed Bharara in 2009.
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Organizations (6)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Department of Justice |
Federal agency overseeing US Attorneys.
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| New York County District Attorney's Office |
Office held by Morgenthau starting in 1974.
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| US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) |
Office led by Bharara until his firing.
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| Moreland Commission |
Ethics inquiry created/dismissed by Cuomo.
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| Lehman Brothers |
Subject of a probe inherited by Bharara.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Timeline (3 events)
2009
March 2017
Locations (4)
| Location | Context |
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Jurisdiction for Morgenthau.
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Jurisdiction for Bharara.
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Political jurisdiction for Silver, Skelos, and Cuomo.
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Mentioned regarding financial misdeeds.
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Relationships (3)
Text draws parallels between their careers as US Attorneys.
Trump fired Bharara.
Cuomo created and then dismissed the commission.
Key Quotes (3)
"How do you justify prosecuting a nineteen-year old who sells drugs on a street corner when you say it’s too complicated to go after the people who move the money?"Source
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Quote #1
"I know what the Moreland Commission must have felt like"Source
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Quote #2
"The firms aren’t enmeshed in the global financial markets in the way that giant banks are."Source
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Quote #3
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