Newsmaker with Preet Bharara

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by cassandra.garrison 7/13/2016 1:27:33 PM

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Reuters Breakingviews Editor Rob Cox asks a question at a Reuters Newsmaker with U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:26:28 PM
Audience question: How much do you operate on a hunch?

Bharara says that lawyers are only meant to receive cases on a standard of reasonable doubt - and a hunch is a little lower than that. He says 'a hunch is what you act on in Congress'.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:24:50 PM
Katherine Finnerty
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.@TinaBrownLM to @PreetBharara "How often do you operate on a hunch?" Bharara: that's Congress #ReutersLive
9:20 AM - 13 Jul 2016
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Lauren Young
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At today's #ReutersLive newsmaker with @PreetBharara: @TinaBrownLM https://t.co/g8697pKRnm
9:19 AM - 13 Jul 2016
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by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:24:28 PM
LIVE: Reuters Breakingviews Editor Rob Cox mentions a predecessor of Bharara's went on to become the Mayor of New York, asks 'what is your next gig?'

Bharara says he will be having a nice breakfast after this.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:23:55 PM
Audience question: How long does it take to bring an insider trading case?

Bharara says it depends on the complexity of the case - how well people have hidden their tracks, what witnesses you have. Sometimes it can be three months, sometimes it can be five years.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:22:48 PM
Breakingviews' Rob Cox asks Bharara: do insider trading cases curb bad practices on Wall Street?

by cassandra.garrison 7/13/2016 1:22:29 PM
LIVE: Bharara says that sometimes however, there is a 'smell' that you should pay attention to - though you can't proceed on that basis, or make a charge.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:21:38 PM
Lauren Young
@LaurenYoung
Have the cases brought forth by @PreetBharara curbed insider trading on Wall Street? asks @rob1cox #ReutersLive https://t.co/HCRqRPbqzF
9:17 AM - 13 Jul 2016
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by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:18:17 PM
LIVE: Reuters Breakingviews Editor Rob Cox asks whether all the insider trading cases are making a difference - is there a dwindling pool of them?

Bharara says that often the reason that these crimes happen is because people like the General Counsel are not doing their jobs. He says it is important that Company A sees people at Company B being prosecuted.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:17:18 PM
LIVE: Bharara says the number of investigations that the public knows about are only a fraction of the ones his office are dealing with.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:15:40 PM
by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:15:02 PM
Bharara gets a laugh from the crowd as he playfully deflects a question about the 2016 U.S. election from Sir Harry Evans.

by cassandra.garrison 7/13/2016 1:14:02 PM
LIVE: Bharara says too many companies don't have a plan on cyber-threat, or offload the issue to the I.T. people when it should be front and center for the C-suite like any other issue of corporate governance. He says people too often say 'I don't understand it'.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:13:51 PM
LIVE: Question on cyber threat. Bharara says there is no bigger issue for national security, infrastructure, and pure theft of money. He says companies are legally situated to be the police of their information, their intellectual property.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:12:38 PM
Lauren Young
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On #Election2016: "It would be rude of me to get ahead of Ruth Bader Ginsburg on that point," says @PreetBharara #ReutersLive
9:09 AM - 13 Jul 2016
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by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:11:24 PM
LIVE: Sir Harry Evans asks Bharara what he would do to improve criminal justice in the United States.

Bharara says if there is debate about certain cases (he mentions one decision by the FBI last week that he 'won't touch with a ten-foot pole) and if people are motivated by nothing other than doing the right thing then, then there should be no reason not to talk about them.

The crisis of confidence in prosecutors would be helped by open debate, not closed rooms.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:10:16 PM
LIVE: Bharara, speaking on Supreme Court decision, says it is not crazy that prosecutors' power be limited.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:07:33 PM
Lauren Young
@LaurenYoung
Perp walks are not part of the @TheJusticeDept tool box, says @PreetBharara #reuterslive https://t.co/Vfg5CkLnsz
8:54 AM - 13 Jul 2016
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by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 1:00:11 PM
Bharara and Evans discuss transparency in the justice system.

by cassandra.garrison 7/13/2016 1:00:10 PM
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks at a Reuters Newsmaker. REUTERS/Gary He

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:59:41 PM
LIVE: Bharara says that individuals can be smeared by allegations in the news - and that in that arena, there is no way for the individuals to defend themselves. Sir Harry Evans mentions that this would be contempt of court in the UK but the First Amendment protects that right in the United States.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:59:00 PM
LIVE: Bharara says this, like everything in life, is a balancing act. When you make allegations against people there is an opportunity for them to defend themselves in court.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:57:16 PM
LIVE: Sir Harry Evans asks Preet Bharara about a hypothetical case where an indictment is served but the charges are not borne out in court. He asks whether wounding an individual in public like this is the downside of transparency?

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:55:32 PM
Katherine Finnerty
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.@PreetBharara on conviction of Silver and Skelos: "public got to see what a cesspool they were swimming in" #ReutersLive #ReutersNewsmaker
8:52 AM - 13 Jul 2016
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by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:54:10 PM
Suzanne Barlyn
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"Justice must be served, but also perceived as being served." @PreetBharara on views of police by many communities. #reuterslive @Reuters
8:49 AM - 13 Jul 2016
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Suzanne Barlyn
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For millions of people to distrust their police depts is unacceptable, says @PreetBharara. #reuterslive @Reuters
8:47 AM - 13 Jul 2016
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by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:52:32 PM
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks at a Reuters Newsmaker. REUTERS/Gary He

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:51:19 PM
LIVE: Sir Harry Evans asks about prosecutorial overeach - would it be better if we had more trials? Bharara says he 'screams to the heavens' everywhere that more trials are good.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:50:04 PM
LIVE: Sir Harry Evans asks whether video is complicating the U.S. Attorney's job.

Bharara says it is possible for video to be misleading but overall, transparency in law enforcement is a good thing and nothing is more transparent than video tape.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:47:45 PM
LIVE: Bharara says there are millions of people - 'good, law-abiding, full-blooded' Americans - who feel that their police departments fail them, and that that is unacceptable.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:46:13 PM
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara calls attack on Dallas police "blood-curdling."

by cassandra.garrison 7/13/2016 12:45:28 PM
LIVE: Bharara says nobody flinches from bringing police prosecutions if the law allows.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:45:28 PM
LIVE: Sir Harry Evans asks Bharara about the public perception after police crimes that 'cops are given a free walk'.

Bharara says that he works shoulder-to-shoulder with the NYPD and that we have police departments because there is evil in the world - but that there are people who are not living up to their job.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:44:52 PM
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on what drives him in his work.

by cassandra.garrison 7/13/2016 12:43:30 PM
LIVE: Preet Bharara quotes U.S. lawyer Clarence Darrow that the true freedom in justice comes from people, rather than from institutions

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:39:52 PM
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara joins Reuters Editor at Large Sir Harry Evans for a Reuters Newsmaker. REUTERS/Gary He

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:38:39 PM
Lauren Young
@LaurenYoung
HAPPENING NOW: @PreetBharara is in the @thomsonreuters house for a newsmaker with @sirharryevans #reuterslive https://t.co/439hdoRdlt
8:30 AM - 13 Jul 2016
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by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:35:27 PM
by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:32:26 PM
Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference about the arrest of the head of New York City's prison guard union and a hedge fund financier in New York. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

by cassandra.garrison edited by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:32:23 PM
The stage ahead of a Reuters Newsmaker with Preet Bharara interviewed by Sir Harry Evans, Editor at Large, Reuters. REUTERS/Gary He

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:23:16 PM
Thomson Reuters
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The stage is set for this morning's #ReutersLive Newsmaker discussion with @PreetBharara & @sirharryevans. https://t.co/z8eEVVwX2N
8:15 AM - 13 Jul 2016
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by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:17:11 PM
Take a look at some of our latest stories involving U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's work:

Debt collector convicted for U.S. scheme targeting 6,000 people

In first, U.S. judge throws out cell phone 'stingray' evidence

Ex-Barclays director pleads guilty to passing tips to plumber

Former Barclays Plc director Steven McClatchey leaves the federal courthouse following his arrest earlier in the day on insider trading charges, in Manhattan, New York, U.S. May 31, 2016.

by elizabeth.culliford 7/13/2016 12:03:10 PM

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