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Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Lands Book Deal

Trump fired Bharara back in March

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June 22, 2017

Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who President Donald Trump fired in March, has landed a book deal to write about "justice for all Americans," publisher Alfred E. Knopf announced Thursday.

The book will be "about the search for justice—not just in criminal cases but in life and society in general," Knopf said in a statement, according to the New York Daily News.

Trump fired Bharara back in March after the Justice Department official refused to resign from his role as U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York—a role he held for seven and a half years.

Bharara has gone on to be a prolific critic of the Trump administration, making appearances on television and tweeting regularly about the White House's actions.

"The law is merely an instrument, and without the involvement of human hands, it is as lifeless and uninspiring as a violin kept in its case," Bharara said in a statement about the book. "People will regard a result as just if they regard the process leading to it as fair and if they believe the people responsible for it are fair-minded. That is the process I want to illuminate in this book."

The book is slated to be released in early 2019, according to Knopf. It will include details of some of Bharara's cases during his tenure as U.S. attorney.

"Preet Bharara's life experience, coupled with his standing as a U.S. attorney and the cases he tried as prosecutor, makes him uniquely qualified to write this book," said Sonny Mehta, Knopf chairman and editor in chief. "His will be an essential primer on justice for all Americans."

The financial details of the book deal will remain secret, according to Knopf Executive Vice President Paul Bogaards. The agreement is "for one book only," he said.

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