Preet Bharara, New Sheriff Of Albany, Eyed For Higher Office

New Sheriff Of Albany Eyed For Higher Office
Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks at press conference November 20, 2012 in New York as he announces charges against Mathew Martoma, former hedge fund manager, for a USD 276 million insider trading scheme involving an Alheimer's disease drug trial. This is believed to be the most lucrative insider trading scheme ever charged. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)
Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks at press conference November 20, 2012 in New York as he announces charges against Mathew Martoma, former hedge fund manager, for a USD 276 million insider trading scheme involving an Alheimer's disease drug trial. This is believed to be the most lucrative insider trading scheme ever charged. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

NEW YORK CITY — He's the star prosecutor who, in one week, has taken down one state senator, two assemblymen, a councilman and two GOP bosses in two alleged bribery plots that have rocked the political world.

And he hints more heads will roll.

It's just the latest in a series of high-profile catches for Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who has spent the last four years lassoing one corrupt city politician after the next — fueling renewed speculation that the self-appointed Sheriff of Albany might harbor political ambitions of his own

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