U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara tweeted that he "did not resign" and added, "Moments ago, I was fired. The word "fired" was never used toward Bharara, accoding to the senior administration official, who added: "Preet is trying to make this into a thing. It was previously reported by the Associated Press that Bharara was not complying with Attorney General Jeff Sessions' request to resign along with other prosecutors appointed by former President Barack Obama. But Sessions' actions are being closely scrutinized by Democrats after a rocky start to the attorney general’s time at the Justice Department. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, issued a statement late Friday saying: “I’m surprised to hear that President Trump and Attorney General Sessions have abruptly fired all 46 remaining U.S. attorneys. "

Source: Fox News March 11, 2017 19:18 UTC