Bharara, Yates top Twitter list of most followed new political accounts

Two officials fired by President Trump are in the top 10 of followed new political accounts of 2017.

Former U.S. attorney Preet Bharara and former acting Attorney General Sally Yates top this year’s list of “Top Followed New U.S. Political Accounts on Twitter.”

CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted out the top 10 list, which also includes White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Obama White House photographer Pete Souza.

2017 Top Followed New US Political Accounts

1. @PreetBharara
2. @SallyQYates
3. @brhodes
4. @PeteSouza
5. @SHSanders45
6. @AmbassadorRice
7. @SamanthaJPower
8. @SecretaryCarson
9. @BetsyDeVosED
10. @SecretaryZinke

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 5, 2017

Bharara, who has 552,000 followers, is an outspoken critic of Trump and frequently tweets his criticisms and jabs at the president.

Special Counsel Mueller already has one criminal conviction. And this plea portends more charges to come. pic.twitter.com/iOIHdNBP1G

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) October 30, 2017

Trump fired Bharara from his U.S. attorney post in March after he refused to resign.

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Yates tweets less frequently than Bharara, but uses her account to blast Trump’s actions, and particularly to comment on the Russia investigation. She has 391,000 followers.

DOJ not a tool for POTUS to use to go after his enemies and protect his friends. Respect rule of law and DOJ professionals. This must stop.

— Sally Yates (@SallyQYates) November 4, 2017

Yates was fired from her post as acting Attorney General in January after she refused to enforce Trump’s first travel ban.

The list also includes Obama foreign policy adviser Ben Rhodes, Obama national security adviser Susan Rice, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, Housing Secretary Ben Carson, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.