President Trump, in line with the normal custom of presidents, asked for the resignations of 46 U.S. attorneys, all of whom were Obama political appointees.  One, and only one, made a fuss about it: New York's U.S. attorney, Preet Bharara. He was no Eric Holder, who made no secret of his willingness to use the state for political purposes, and in fact, some of his work was quite good.  But his refusal to go quietly, as political appointees are expected to do, pretty well points to a political orientation.  That was underscored by Bharara's purported hints that Trump's asking him to leave was to halt a political investigation of Trump. So Preet wants us to think Trump canned him to halt some investigation or other that went against him?  That's politics. Everyone knows he's an ambitious prosecutor with many high-profile politically charged cases, for one.  Everyone also knows he's close to top Democrat...(Read Full Post)