It remains unclear whether Mr. Bharara and his top aides have determined whether they will seek charges — against the mayor, any of his top aides or his primary fund-raiser. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyUnder Mr. Bharara’s stewardship, the office was also known for its insider trading investigations, civil rights cases and terrorism prosecutions. Mr. Bharara would presumably be succeeded temporarily by his deputy, Joon H. Kim, a longtime prosecutor and former head of the office’s criminal division. “He also asked that I stay on, and so I expect that I will be continuing,” Mr. Bharara said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIf there is a “credible whiff that justice has been politicized,” Mr. Bharara told The New York Times in 2014, “there’s nothing worse than that.”

Source: New York Times March 11, 2017 01:41 UTC