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ANOTHER MELTDOWN IN THE ETHICS-FREE ZONE OF BILLY BARR’S DOJ — Four Prosecutors Withdraw Over DOJ’s Political Interference With Stone Sentence!

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NOT HAVING IT

3 Roger Stone prosecutors quit over Justice Department sentencing reversal

February 11, 2020

The Justice Department’s decision to reportedly back off its sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone apparently wasn’t well-received by two of his prosecutors.

Upon learning the Department reversed course and said seven to nine years was “grossly disproportionate” given Stone’s offenses — which include lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing a House investigation related to 2016 Russian election interference — prosecutor Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Zelinsky withdrew from Stone’s case. However, it looks like he’ll be sticking with the Justice Department and returning to his old job in Maryland.

Another prosecutor, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Jed, is doing the same. Meanwhile, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Kravis, is resigning from the department altogether.

The decisions by the prosecutors appear to be in protest of what they consider interference from Justice Department higher-ups. The sentencing recommendation was reversed after Trump tweeted angrily about it, although there’s no confirmation if the White House was directly driving the change.

This story has been updated to reflect Jed’s decision.

—Tim O’Donnell

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I will be interested in seeing 1) how Judge Amy Berman Jackson handles this; and 2) if Trump just goes ahead and pardons the uber sleazy and unrepentant Stone.  The GOP has made it crystal clear that the rule of law in America is “for suckers only.”

UPDATE:

After this story was posted, the fourth prosecutor on the Stone case also withdrew.

PWS

02-11-20

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