Ousted U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Preetinder (Preet) Singh BhararaDemocratic attorneys criticize House Judiciary Democrats' questioning of Barr Clyburn echoes calls to rename Pettus bridge Support swells for renaming Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to honor John Lewis after his death MORE on Sunday joked that President Trump believing Russian President Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich PutinFBI chief says Russia is trying to interfere in election to undermine Biden Traces of nerve agent found in water bottle in Navalny's hotel room, colleagues say Russia: US trying to foment revolution in Belarus MORE's denial that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 election was like law enforcement believing a criminal.

“When pursuing a corrupt politician, mobster or murderer on strong FBI evidence, if he ‘vehemently denied it,’ we just dropped it usually,” Bharara tweeted.

When pursuing a corrupt politician, mobster or murderer on strong FBI evidence, if he "vehemently denied it," we just dropped it usually. https://t.co/d4HqyHQexB — Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) July 9, 2017

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Bharara was responding to an earlier tweet by Trump that said Putin denied that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

“I strongly pressed President Putin twice about Russian meddling in our election. He vehemently denied it. I've already given my opinion…” Trump tweeted.

Bharara was fired by Trump in March after refusing to resign and has been a vocal critic of the administration since. He earned a reputation during his time in office as an aggressive prosecutor of corruption cases.