Preet Bharara firing: Democratic Senators ask Jeff Sessions to explain

Bharara was one of 46 US attorneys asked to resign after Trump took office

Attorney General Jeff Sessions should explain whether the firing of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara had anything to do with Bharara's reported probe into stock trades by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, three Democratic U.S. senators said Tuesday.

Price came under scrutiny during his confirmation hearings for investments he made while serving in Congress 2014 including hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of shares in health-related companies, even as he voted on and sponsored legislation affecting the industry.

In their letter to Sessions, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley and Richard Blumenthal referred to a ProPublica