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#MyNameIs: Indian-Americans launch online campaign after Trump’s partyman mocks Kamala Harris’ name

Spokesperson of David Perdue said the Senator mispronounced the name and he did not mean anything by it. But the damage had already been done.

Many supporters of Kamala Harris targeted Republican Senator David Perdue who mispronounced Kamal Harris’ name during an election rally on Saturday.(Reuters File Photo)
Updated on Oct 18, 2020 03:20 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi

Bharara, Jindal, Harris: They are Americans first

Clearly, all three — Bharara, Jindal and Harris — want the Indian American community to release them from their expectations and let them pursue their plans. After all, how wrong and insensitive can it be to want to be just “American”, which is who they are, essentially?

They thought, Bharara writes in his autobiography, trying to make sense of an understandably tumultuous phase in his life, that even though this man hailed from India — he was born in Ferozepur — he seemed to be going out of his way to act “American”. “The thing is,” Bharara writes, “I am American.”(REUTERS)
Published on Mar 29, 2019 06:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | ByYashwant Raj

Former prosecutor Preet Bharara says diplomat Devyani Khobragade was strip-searched, could’ve been avoided

Devyani Khobragade, a diplomat at the Indian consulate in New York, was arrested on December 12, in 2013. She was charged with providing false information in the visa application for a domestic help she was bringing from India.

Bharara’s office had pressed fresh charges against Khobragade even after a New York court had dismissed earlier accusations against her citing her diplomatic immunity.
Updated on Mar 19, 2019 08:27 PM IST
Washington, Hindustan Times | ByYashwant Raj

Trump pardoning himself would be ‘almost self-executing impeachment’: Preet Bharara

Reacting to the letter as well as Giuliani’s explanation, Bharara, the Indian-origin attorney, who was fired by President Trump last year, said that it “would be outrageous” for a sitting president to pardon himself.

US President Donald Trump looks on during a Change of Command ceremony as Admiral Karl Schultz takes over from Admiral Paul Zukunft as the Commandant of the US Coast Guard at US Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC, June 1, 2018.(AFP File Photo)
Updated on Jun 04, 2018 04:27 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Washington | ByPress Trust of India

Vindicated by a presidential pardon, D’Souza spars with Bharara on Twitter

Conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign donations in a case prosecuted by Indian American Preet Bharara, who was then US attorney of the southern district of New York.

A file photo of conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza.(AFP File Photo)
Updated on Jun 01, 2018 11:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Washington | ByYashwant Raj
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