City Bar Event Takes Humorous Look at Preet Bharara and Donald Trump (New York Law Journal)
New York Law Journal, January 19, 2018
City Bar Event Takes Humorous Look at Preet Bharara and Donald Trump
“Preet Bharara, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, was the guest of honor—or the subject of good-natured ridicule—on Thursday night at the New York City Bar Association’s Twelfth Night at the City Bar. At the event, members of the bench and bar performed an original musical comedy lampooning Bharara and his highly-publicized firing from the U.S. Attorney’s office after refusing to heed President Donald Trump’s call to resign. Bharara has remained an outspoken critic of the Trump administration. The presentation, a production of the City Bar’s Entertainment Committee, was directed by committee chair Rita Warner of Warner Partners. It told Bharara’s saga through songs like “Preet Wants Independency” a parody of Don McClean’s ‘American Pie’ (the refrain: ‘Bye-bye, sovereign SDNY.’).”
