Bharara tweets out definition of ‘backfired’

A former U.S. attorney who was fired by President Trump on Wednesday tweeted out the definition of “backfired” following reports that the Justice Department had appointed a special counsel to investigate Russian election interference.

Preet Bharara’s post came after a series of tweets he had shared commenting on the decision, and simply read “Urban Dictionary: backfired.”

Reminder: Mueller was FBI Director when he & then-DAG James Comey together intervened at Ashcroft’s bedside in 2004 & threatened to resign. https://t.co/7tlb0q9fSQ

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) May 17, 2017

Urban Dictionary: backfired https://t.co/FhPj9Xxiag

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) May 18, 2017

Urban Dictionary’s entry for “backfired” describes it as “an attempt to fix something in which the fixing actually makes the situation worse for you. Common on the internet when an argument ‘backfires’ and makes you look stupid,” the entry adds.

{mosads}Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday announced that the Department of Justice had appointed Mueller special counsel for its Russia investigation.

Rosenstein added that Mueller, a former prosecutor who helmed the FBI for 12 years, had accepted the role. Mueller’s appointment follows Trump’s unexpected firing of former FBI Director James Comey last week.

Comey’s ouster came amid the FBI’s probe of Russian intrusions in the 2016 presidential race, including possible ties between Russia and Trump’s campaign.