Fired Preet Bharara makes an appearance at his old office

Ousted Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara goౠt a hero’s send-off Monday following a lengthy visit to the office he led for more than seven years as the nation’s foremost anti-corruption crusader.

Bharara — who was fired Saturday by President Trump after unexpectedly being asked for his resignation and then refusing — was greeted with sustained applause from about 200 assistant US attorneys and other fed staffers when he emerged from the Justice ✤Department outpost at 1 Street. Andrew’s Plaza around 5:15 p.m.

He shook hands with and hugge♋d his former aides, who were gathered behind barricades lining the 🅘walkway to the front door.

“I love New York. This is the best prosecutor’s office you’ve ever seen,” he to꧃ld reporterﷺs before ducking back inside.

Earlier, Bharara gave a goodbye speech to his former staff, during which he highlighted his time in charge and said he hoped to instill the values of the office in his children — who were there along with his wife, source💖s said.

The man once known as the “Sheriff of Wall Street” for his early cases ag🌃ainst big financial firms had arrived in a black overcoat at around 11:45 a.m.

A male staffer was seen emerging from a black gove🅺rnment SUV and carrying two shopping bags and a large bouquet of flowers into the building about two hours later.

Bharara’s dismis☂sal came despite a Nov. 30 meeting at Trump Tower where he said he agreed to remain in office at the request of the then-president-elect and Sen. Jeff Sessions, now the attorney general.

Mayor de Blasio, the subject of an ongoing pay-to-play probe by Bharara, refused to discuss his nemesis’ firing at an unrelated news ꦏconference in The Bronx🍸 Monday.

“I’m just not going to comment on it. Obviously, there’s an ongoing investigation,” de Blasio sa💃id.

But NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill suggested he would miss the🤡 hard-charging prosecutor.

“Pr💮eet and his people did a tremendous job for this city. Going forward, w🙈e’re going to have to see who gets the job,” O’Neill said.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer ducked questions about Bharara at his🀅 daily press briefing.

“This is a standard operating procedure for a new administration to ask for resignation of all US attorneys. A good chunk of them already submitted their ⛎resignation letter,” he said.

On Saturday, Bharara fired🎀 off a tweet that fueled speculation he was sent packing becaus🐭e Trump feared his investigative prowess.

“By the way, now I know what the Moreland🎀 Commission must have felt like,” he wrote, ref𓆉erring to the anti-corruption panel that Gov. Cuomo shut down.

Also Monday, The Post obtained a letter sent to Trump’s transition team in which former state Attorney General Dennis Vacco recommended Manhattan lawyer Stuart Meissn𒉰er replace either Bharara or New Jersey US Attorney Paul Fishman, who resigned last week.

In the letter, Vacco touted his ties to Sessions, noting they “served together as United States attorneys during the Reagan administrat🔥ion and later served together as attorneys general for our respective states.”

Meissner, who told💯 The Post he was a volunteer worker for Trump ahead of the primaries, sa🌺id senior Trump administration officials had contacted him about his possible candidacy earlier in the day.

Sources😼 have said former federal prosecutors Marc Mukasey — who is the son of ex-US Attorney General Michael Mukasey — and Edward O’Callaghan were under consideration for Bharara’s job.

Meanwhile, GOP billionaire Ken Langone, the Home Depot founder and namesake benefactor🤡 of NYU Langone Medical Center, said it would “be wonderful” if Bharara ran for either mayor or governor.

“He would be spectacular in either job,” Langone told CNBC’s “Squaꦆwk Box.”

“I think now that he doesn’t have this job anymore or won’t have this job anymore, suit him up and bring him on because we need people like this in public servi🀅ce.”