new york preet bharara top federal prosecutor manhattan know pursue series case target public corruption crime wall street say wednesday agree remain post donald trump become u.s. president bharara appoint position democratic president barack obama 2009 tell reporters follow meet republican president-elect trump tower manhattan trump ask stay administration accept trump take office jan. 20 good meet bharara say say would absolutely consider stay agree stay on announcement time trump yet finish fill cabinet-level position unusual former prosecutors serve bharara say surprise former boss would will remain u.s. attorney southern district new york think preet independent law enforcement-minded prosecutor love job clearly talented say arlo devlin-brown former chief bharara public corruption unit partner law firm covington burl u.s. senator charles schumer new york incoming senate democratic leader bharara previously work chief counsel say trump call last week ask think bharara stay job glad meet glad preet stay schumer say statement one best u.s. attorneys new york ever see bharara office pursue aggressive push corruption state city politics agenda could fit trump vow drain swamp washington political investigations lead last year convictions former new york assembly speaker sheldon silver democrat former new york senate majority leader dean skelos republican separate corruption trials bharara also bring dozens successful case insider traders cover time magazine 2012 headline man bust wall st. case include 2011 conviction galleon group founder raj rajaratnam serve 11-year prison term 1.8 billion settlement plea deal 2013 hedge fund sac capital advisors lp 227-lawyer office also secure corporate settlements company include general motor co jpmorgan chase co several convictions guilty pleas former employees ponzi scheme operator bernard madoff prosecute suleiman abu ghaith son-in-law late al qaeda leader osama bin lade bharara office priorities often match set obama justice department amid increase civil right investigations nationally example bharara office join lawsuit lead settlement 2015 aim reduce violence new york city rikers island jail complex priorities set justice department trump pick attorney general republican senator jeff sessions alabama affect case bharara office pursue remain unclear obviously likely change priorities main justice department washington headquarter office adjust say richard zabel previously serve bharara deputy become hedge fund elliott management general counsel bharara say office past seven years pursue work independently without fear favor former prosecutors expect stay would take 100 percent confident independence could preserve say matthew schwartz partner law firm boies schiller flexner former prosecutor bharara trump keep manhattan federal prosecutor bharara post