S Attorney General Jeff Sessions abruptly asked the remaining 46
chief federal prosecutors left over from the Obama administration to
resign on Friday (March 10), including Manhattan US Attorney Preet
Bharara, who had been asked to stay on in November by then
President-elect Donald Trump.
Although US attorneys are political appointees, and the request from
Trump's Justice Department is part of a routine process, the move came
as a surprise. Not every new administration replaces all US attorneys at
once.
A Justice Department spokeswoman confirmed the resignation requests
included Bharara, whose office handles some of the most critical
business and criminal cases passing through the federal judicial system.
http://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-attorney-general-jeff-sessions-asks-46-obama-era-us-attorneys-to-resign
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
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