The U.S. attorney for Manhattan who had declined to resign despite a demand from the Justice Department, led to the Trump administration firing him on Saturday.

Preet Bharara declined to tender his resignation on Friday part of a demand from the Justice Department for 46 U.S. attorneys to resign, according to multiple reports. Bharara, who was appointed under Obama in 2009, later tweeted Saturday that he was fired.

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