Former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara explains why he considered taping a call with President Trump.
The former New York prosecutor, who was fired by the president, discussed his thinking about Trump on "The Beat with Ari Melber."Breaking News Emails
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"We considered…taping the president," Bharara said on"The Beat with Ari Melber," referring to a proposed call after a March 9, 2017, voicemail from the president's then-secretary asked Bharara to call back Trump. "I wanted to make sure, because I had a certain amount of mistrust. It was an odd phone call to be making, it would be my word against him if he decides to say something inappropriate," Bharara added.
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