Trump Fires The New York Attorney Who Prosecuted Dread Pirate Roberts
US President Donald Trump had fired Preet Bharara, the attorney known as the most dangerous man in Bitcoin. The now former southern district of New York, the representative who is famous for jailing Silkroad founder Ross William Ulbricht (AKA Dread Pirate Roberts) and handing over 174,000 bitcoins to the US government in what is being described as a showdown.
Bharara was dismissed Friday after reportedly refusing to resign his position on government orders. He was one of 46 Obama appointees the Trump administration is removing from their posts.
"I did not resign moments ago. I was fired.", Bharara wrote on Twitter. He added, "Being the US Attorney in SDNY will forever be the greatest honor of my professional life."
The infamous lawyer had made something of a name for himself as a personality prior to the debacle with the new presidential leadership.
Media reports from 2014, just after Barris's success with the Silk Road, have even suggested he was heading for a political career.
"Nobody is suggesting there's something inherently bad about Bitcoin.", he told Fast Company in February that year. Curiously, even Barrow stated Bitcoin gives its users anonymity when it was already clear that such benefits were false.
"When you have a currency like this that gives you anonymity it stands to reason that some people legitimately want privacy", he continued, "That's fine but there are going to be a lot of bad guys who want to steal your money or sell people poison who are going to take advantage of the same technologies. That's what we have to be vigilant about." Bitcoin is not anonymous even though it is often reported that it is.
Trump's team picks could meanwhile hint at a continued change of perspective for the troubled New York environment having selected Mick Mulvaney for budget chief of Maverick known for his Bitcoin propagation in Congress.
Bharara's replacement could well have a contrasting outlook on this particular aspect of economics. The cleanest compliance deputy Manhattan US attorney Joon Kim to fill in the position while Trump chooses a suitable candidate.
Ref:
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/11/519845829/u-s-attorney-preet-bharara-fired-after-refusing-to-resign
http://wellbeingcenter.com/the-5-keys-to-creating-unconflicted-behavior-the-story-of-seat-a-6/
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