Preet Bharara Talks About Devyani Khobragade Case At Harvard Law School

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He became bothered by the "line of attack" made by the Indian government and media that he brought the case to "serve his white masters, presumably (U.S. Attorney General) Eric Holder and (President) Barack Obama", both of whom are black.

"That is an example of criticism that is stupid," he said, adding that as the criticism got "increasingly intense" over time, it bothered his parents and this made him upset.

"That was tough because it bothered them," he said.

He was also concerned when he had to explain the accusations made against him to his young daughter, he said.

"That was not so pleasant. I'll admit that I was upset as I think a normal human being might be. But as the accusations got more and more absurd, they became downright comical and I got some of my perspective back," he said.

"Indian critics were angry because even though I hailed from India, I appeared to be going out of my way to act American and serve the interests of America, which was odd because I am American and the words U.S. are in my title," he said.

He said, "Putting aside disputes about the merits of the case," the Indian government and media decided that the case was brought by an Indian-American "for all manner of bad personal reasons, never mind that the case was initiated and investigated by career law enforcement officials."
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Source: PTI