Preet Bharara paints target on Trump while attending Comey hearing

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Former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara was front an center Thursday at fired FBI Director James Comey’s hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee and did something President Trump did not: live-tweet the affair.

Bharara, who was fired in March by Trump along with 46 other U.S. attorneys, had a seat in the room courtesy of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, according to multiple reports. Bharara was a former chief of staff to Schumer. Since his firing, he has been a vocal critic of Trump on Twitter.

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