Shocked, Shocked… will sentence leniency compel Trump to do more criming.
#RogerStone Senior DOJ official tells @CBSNews Department was shocked to see sentencing recommendation Stone case. This is not what was briefed to Dept. The Dept. believes recommendation is extreme, excessive, grossly disproportionate to offenses...#DEVELOPING— Catherine Herridge (@CBS_Herridge) February 11, 2020
#RogerStone Senior DOJ official tells @CBSNews Department was shocked to see sentencing recommendation Stone case. This is not what was briefed to Dept. The Dept. believes recommendation is extreme, excessive, grossly disproportionate to offenses...#DEVELOPING
xEven though Stone is a small-time scoundrel, his crimes are big-time: witness tampering, lying under oath, impeding a congressional investigation of a national security issue. https://t.co/ZNEQqJslst— Richard Stengel (@stengel) February 11, 2020 Federal prosecutors on Monday said longtime President Trump confidant Roger Stone deserves a sentence of seven to nine years in prison for lying to Congress and tampering with a witness related to his efforts to learn about hacked Democratic emails during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The sentencing filing came after days of tense debate within the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington about the proper prison term for the sixth Trump associate convicted and last person indicted in former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation. Front-line prosecutors, some previously with Mueller’s team, argued for a sentence on the higher end for Stone than some of their supervisors were comfortable with, according to two people familiar with the discussions. A recommendation on the higher end prevailed, with prosecutors’ filings citing federal sentencing guidelines that ratchet up in cases involving obstruction that impedes the administration of justice. https://t.co/ZNEQqJslst
Even though Stone is a small-time scoundrel, his crimes are big-time: witness tampering, lying under oath, impeding a congressional investigation of a national security issue. https://t.co/ZNEQqJslst— Richard Stengel (@stengel) February 11, 2020
Even though Stone is a small-time scoundrel, his crimes are big-time: witness tampering, lying under oath, impeding a congressional investigation of a national security issue. https://t.co/ZNEQqJslst
Federal prosecutors on Monday said longtime President Trump confidant Roger Stone deserves a sentence of seven to nine years in prison for lying to Congress and tampering with a witness related to his efforts to learn about hacked Democratic emails during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The sentencing filing came after days of tense debate within the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington about the proper prison term for the sixth Trump associate convicted and last person indicted in former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation.
Front-line prosecutors, some previously with Mueller’s team, argued for a sentence on the higher end for Stone than some of their supervisors were comfortable with, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
A recommendation on the higher end prevailed, with prosecutors’ filings citing federal sentencing guidelines that ratchet up in cases involving obstruction that impedes the administration of justice.
https://t.co/ZNEQqJslst
Bill Barr spent the morning attacking reform-minded prosecutors who seek lenient sentences, saying it encourages more crime.So does he think the Department's interventionâÂÂat Trump's apparent behestâÂÂto reduce Roger Stone's sentence will lead to Trump committing more crimes? https://t.co/PG9QnYSdxX— The Moscow Project (@moscow_project) February 11, 2020
Bill Barr spent the morning attacking reform-minded prosecutors who seek lenient sentences, saying it encourages more crime.So does he think the Department's interventionâÂÂat Trump's apparent behestâÂÂto reduce Roger Stone's sentence will lead to Trump committing more crimes? https://t.co/PG9QnYSdxX
Really interested to see if the AUSAs who signed the Stone sentencing recommendation sign onto the next version of it. In a functioning DOJ, the US attorney would resign over this.— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) February 11, 2020
Really interested to see if the AUSAs who signed the Stone sentencing recommendation sign onto the next version of it. In a functioning DOJ, the US attorney would resign over this.
This is a horrible and very unfair situation. The real crimes were on the other side, as nothing happens to them. Cannot allow this miscarriage of justice! https://t.co/rHPfYX6Vbv— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 11, 2020
This is a horrible and very unfair situation. The real crimes were on the other side, as nothing happens to them. Cannot allow this miscarriage of justice! https://t.co/rHPfYX6Vbv
And then there’s this resignation of the lead prosecutor:
x! In a footnote accompanying the motion, Zelinsky indicates he has resigned from DOJ "effective immediately. pic.twitter.com/ATqVWoqH9E— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 11, 2020 xFormer counterintelligence chief at DOJ: âÂÂWe are now at a break-glass-in-case-of-fire moment for the Justice Departmentâ https://t.co/yOQWIwStOS— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 11, 2020 Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) said the move amounted to “obstruction of justice.” “We are seeing a full-frontal assault on the rule of law in America,” Pascrell said. “Direct political interference in our justice system is a hallmark of a banana republic. Despite whatever Trump, William Barr, and their helpers think, the United States is a nation of laws and not an authoritarian’s paradise.”
! In a footnote accompanying the motion, Zelinsky indicates he has resigned from DOJ "effective immediately. pic.twitter.com/ATqVWoqH9E— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) February 11, 2020
! In a footnote accompanying the motion, Zelinsky indicates he has resigned from DOJ "effective immediately. pic.twitter.com/ATqVWoqH9E
Former counterintelligence chief at DOJ: âÂÂWe are now at a break-glass-in-case-of-fire moment for the Justice Departmentâ https://t.co/yOQWIwStOS— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) February 11, 2020
Former counterintelligence chief at DOJ: âÂÂWe are now at a break-glass-in-case-of-fire moment for the Justice Departmentâ https://t.co/yOQWIwStOS
Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) said the move amounted to “obstruction of justice.”
“We are seeing a full-frontal assault on the rule of law in America,” Pascrell said. “Direct political interference in our justice system is a hallmark of a banana republic. Despite whatever Trump, William Barr, and their helpers think, the United States is a nation of laws and not an authoritarian’s paradise.”
A President who intervenes in the criminal justice system to help his allies, while punishing people like Lt. Col. Vindman for telling the truth, represents a real danger and the Committee will get to the bottom of this. 2/2— (((Rep. Nadler))) (@RepJerryNadler) February 11, 2020
A President who intervenes in the criminal justice system to help his allies, while punishing people like Lt. Col. Vindman for telling the truth, represents a real danger and the Committee will get to the bottom of this. 2/2
after three line prosecutors have resigned with perhaps more to come, the DoJ defers to the judge
NBC News: A federal prosecutor has filed a new sentencing memo in the Roger Stone case, calling yesterday's recommendation "excessive and unwarranted" they now say it is up to the Judge to decide what sentence is "appropriate under the facts and circumstances of this case."— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) February 11, 2020
NBC News: A federal prosecutor has filed a new sentencing memo in the Roger Stone case, calling yesterday's recommendation "excessive and unwarranted" they now say it is up to the Judge to decide what sentence is "appropriate under the facts and circumstances of this case."
Reup: The reason the stakes on Stone's sentence are so steep is bc Barr's ENTIRE JOB is to keep Stone from talking about Trump's involvement. Bill Barr Needs to Soften Roger Stone's Sentence to Prevent Him from Talkinghttps://t.co/HuVasp16LZ— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 11, 2020
Reup: The reason the stakes on Stone's sentence are so steep is bc Barr's ENTIRE JOB is to keep Stone from talking about Trump's involvement. Bill Barr Needs to Soften Roger Stone's Sentence to Prevent Him from Talkinghttps://t.co/HuVasp16LZ
Trump is finally right. People won't believe it.— Devin Hermanson (@devinher) February 11, 2020
Trump is finally right. People won't believe it.