Preet Bharara paints target on Trump while attending Comey hearing

Published June 9, 2017 4:01am ET



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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