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发帖数: 29576 | 1 BHARARA LANDS A NEW JOB WHILE HE CONSIDERS HIS NEXT MOVE
Those hoping that the ousted U.S. attorney would run for office may have to
wait a bit longer.
Less than two weeks after Preet Bharara was unexpectedly fired, the former U
.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York has landed a new gig. In
the immediate wake of his dramatic ouster, speculation quickly turned to how
Bharara, one of the most popular figures in New York politics, might
leverage his incredible political capital. Democrats itching for new
leadership have long hoped that Bharara, an anti-corruption, anti-Wall
Street crusader, might use his free time to take on Donald Trump. Alas, it
appears Bharara has something a little less partisan and a little more
pedestrian in store for the immediate future: joining the faculty of New
York University School of Law as a Distinguished Scholar-In-Residence.
“I am honored to join the NYU School of Law,” Bharara announced Tuesday on
Twitter, where he recently created a personal account, just weeks before he
was fired. “I am thrilled for this opportunity to continue addressing the
issues I so deeply care about—criminal and social justice, honest
government, national security, civil rights, and corporate accountability,
to name a few.”
Bharara’s move surely comes as a disappointment to Democrats hoping to
leverage his prominence into political office. The Wall Street Journal
recently reported that strategists had been approaching him with offers to
run for office in New York, either against New York City Mayor Bill de
Blasio in 2017 or Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2018. While both story lines are
certainly compelling—Bharara had launched corruption investigations into
both men while U.S. attorney—several strategists suggested to the Hive that
the timing was politically inconvenient, and that there was little chance
he could unseat either incumbent.
Making the jump to academia is likely a smarter play, for now, should
Bharara still harbor national ambitions. A professorship allows the 48-year-
old to remain in the public sphere and keep his apolitical reputation intact
, all while protecting him from the stain of a more corporate career. As
Adam Levine, a former senior aide to New York Senator Daniel Moynihan told
me last week, whatever job Bharara took next would likely say a lot about
his future plans. Ditching the public sector to become a law firm rainmaker
or consultant, he suggested, would have indicated that he would not return
to politics for a while. “If you tell me that that’s what he’s
considering, that, to me, says that he’s playing a long game, and [the jobs
of New York governor, Supreme Court justice, or attorney general], he doesn
’t think he can get for the next 10 years.”
According to the Journal, Bharara had also fielded other traditional offers,
ranging from partnerships at major law firms to faculty positions at
Columbia and Harvard law schools. But for now, his move to N.Y.U. suggests
he is biding his time before making any bigger, future moves. It might give
him an excuse, too, to relocate his family from Westchester—a necessary
first step before potentially re-entering New York City politics. We hear
there are some nice apartments along Washington Square. |
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