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VIDEO: Watch US Atty Preet Bharara Yuk It Up About New York's Corrupt Pols

By Sybile Penhirin | January 23, 2015 5:43pm
 U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara outlines the corruption charges against New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver during a press conference at the federal prosecutor's offices, Jan. 22, 2015.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara outlines the corruption charges against New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver during a press conference at the federal prosecutor's offices, Jan. 22, 2015.
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CIVIC CENTER — What is the deal with corrupt politicians?

If US Attorney Preet Bharara ever gives up his job cleaning up Albany he could have a promising career in stand-up.

A day after charging Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver with fraud, the federal prosecutor cut up the crowd at a breakfast speech at New York Law School, threading in references to "The Departed," "Three Amigos" and even Anthony Weiner.

The Bruce Springsteen fan showed that he was boss by immediately taking aim the state's raft of corrupt pols:

 

After that, he took a jab at Anthony Weiner's sex scandal.

 

 

 

He even quoted one of Mark Wahlberg's famous lines from "The Departed." 

 

Bharara skewered Albany's "three men in a room" concept where the speaker, the Senate president and the governor have all the power. 

 

 

There's more: he even rolls out "Three Men and a Baby" and "Three Amigos."

 

 

If you want more, you can watch the whole conference here.

People tweeting about the conference called the US Attorney's speech "funny" and "legendary".