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Preet Bharara

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Preet Bharara (b. 1968) is an Indian-American lawyer and former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009 and serving until 2017. He gained prominence for prosecuting high-profile cases involving securities fraud, organized crime, and public corruption, including successful prosecutions of several former New York state legislators and city officials. Bharara was fired by the Trump administration in March 2017, which attracted significant attention. After leaving government, he transitioned to become a legal commentator and podcast host, continuing to influence the legal field.

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“One's understanding of the truth—whether that's the correctness of a fact or the guilt of a person—should never be unalterable. Think of a strongly held, defensible point of view as a block of ice, fixed and solid. When such views are well-founded, holding fast to them is commendable. But if new facts come to light—or new revelations materialize—then that block of ice should crack, melt, and even evaporate.”

Facts Truth Belief

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“The law is an amazing tool, but it has limits. Good people, on the other hand, don't have limits. The law is not in the business of forgiveness or redemption. The law cannot compel us to love each other or respect each other. It cannot cancel hate or conquer evil; teach grace or extinguish passions. The law cannot achieve these things, not by itself. It takes people -- brave and strong and extraordinary people.”

God Mercy Forgivenss

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“You will not find God or grace in legal concepts, in formal notions of criminal justice. Certain values and ideals are beyond justice. These include mercy, forgiveness, redemption, dignity. Also love.”

Justice Forgiveness Mercy

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“Go out there and try to be good. If you go out there and try to be good, you've got a chance to be great.”

Trying Greatness Chances Taking Chances Do Your Best

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“As the United States attorney in Manhattan, I have come to worry about few things as much as the gathering cyber threat.”

States United Worry United States Threat Gathering Manhattan Attorney Cyber

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“Businesses should be assured that law enforcement will operate with the utmost sensitivity toward victims of cyber attacks.”

Should Law Victim Sensitivity Law Enforcement Enforcement Assured Cyber Cyber Attacks

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“I don't eat green things, no vegetables.”

Green Vegetables Green Things

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“I don't like coffee but I need caffeine.”

Needs Coffee Caffeine

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“I eat almost no lunch. I have a big dinner but I don't have a big lunch.”

Bigs Dinner Lunch

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“I'm a big fan of meat.”

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“Securities fraud generally and insider trading in particular should be eminently deterrable crimes.”

Should Security Crime Particular Fraud Trading Insiders Insider Trading

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“Unfortunately, from what I can see from my vantage point as the U.S. Attorney here, illegal insider trading is rampant and may even be on the rise.”

May I Can Illegal Trading Attorney Insiders Vantage Point Insider Trading

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“From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange.”

“History has shown that one cannot legislate a culture of integrity. And yet, one of the paramount responsibilities and challenges of corporate leadership is to ensure such a culture.”

Culture Challenges Responsibility Integrity Corporate Paramount

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“I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant.”

Years Littles States United Rooms United States New York Surprise Spokes Southern Trading Attorney Insiders Insider Trading

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“In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise.”

Form Black Information Mark Financial Enterprise Unfair Offensive Steroid Unlawful

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“Insider trading tells everybody at precisely the wrong time that everything is rigged, and only people who have a billion dollars and have access to and are best friends with people who are on boards of directors of major companies - they're the only ones who can make a true buck.”

People Company Directors Majors Dollars Access Billions Boards Trading Bucks Wrong Time Insiders Rigged Board Of Directors Insider Trading

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“Significant officials at publicly traded companies are casually and cavalierly engaged in insider trading. Because insider trading has as one of its elements communication, it doesn't take rocket science to realize it's nice to have the communication on tape.”

Realizing Company Nice Communication Elements Significant Engaged Officials Tape Trading Rockets Insiders Rocket Science Insider Trading

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“The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.”

Important Use Shows White Powerful Drug Tools Rings Aggressive Trading Collars Insiders White Collar Cartels Drug Cartels Insider Trading

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“We have witnessed the most educated, successful, and monied professionals in the country put their companies - not to mention their own liberty - at risk by engaging in flagrant and foolhardy illegal conduct.”

Country Company Liberty Successful Risk Educated Illegal Engaging Foolhardy

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“I just want to apologize in advance that I don’t have enough subpoenas for all of you.”

Want Enough Apologizing Subpoenas

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“I wanted to be a prosecutor - a criminal lawyer - because there's nowhere where the stakes are higher, where you can wake up every day and believe in what you're doing.”

Believe Wanted Higher Wake Up Criminals Lawyer Stakes Prosecutor Criminal Law

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“I have come to really love the sound of nervous laughter.”

Laughter Nervous

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“I do my job. I love my job. It's the best job I ever had. And it's probably the best job I will ever have. And I serve at the pleasure of the president. That's true of President Obama. That will be true of President Trump. And if and when a president decides that they want to replace me, I'll ride off into the sunset.”

President Pleasure Being True Sunset President Obama

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“I don't get paid to serve the president. I get paid to serve the public and what I think is in the interest of justice, no matter who the president is.”

Thinking President Interest Justice

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“I would like to think that the level of aggressiveness in law enforcement will remain the same, when you're talking about things like keeping the markets fair and government honest. I don't foresee any departure from that, unless I'm missing something big.”

Thinking Honest Missing Law Enforcement Aggressiveness

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“That's an incredibly serious thing if people think that the president of the United States can tell heads of law enforcement agencies, based on his own whim or his own personal preferences or friendships, that they should or should not pursue particular criminal cases against individuals. That's not how America works.”

People Thinking Individual President Serious Law Enforcement

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“The alarm bells sound regularly: cybergeddon; the next Pearl Harbor; one of the greatest existential threats facing the United States. With increasing frequency, these are the grave terms officials invoke about the menace of cybercrime - and they're not understating the threat.”

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Born: 1968
Known for: Attorney
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