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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Bill who wrote (1201077)2/13/2020 2:06:14 PM
From: Brumar891 Recommendation  Read Replies (3) of 1578031
 
Trump’s comment about Barr “taking charge of a case” refers to an unusual move the DOJ made on Tuesday to reduce the sentencing recommendation for Stone. Prosecutors on the case recommended a seven- to nine-year prison sentence for Stone, but after Trump went on a Twitter tirade on Tuesday morning over a situation he characterized as “a horrible and very unfair situation” and a “miscarriage of justice,” the DOJ abruptly reversed course and recommended an unspecified lesser sentence for Stone.

That move prompted the entire prosecution team to step down from the case, and one prosecutor resigned from the DOJ entirely.

The DOJ tried to frame the abrupt about-face as one rooted in good-faith concerns about the severity of Stone’s sentencing recommendation, but Trump trampled on that talking point by posting tweets that made clear his motivations were political.
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Bill Barr's people are trying so hard to put out the message that DOJ deciding to reverse the prosecutors' recommendation on Roger Stone sentence was made on the merits, not politicized obeisance to Trump. The president is not helping that P.R. strategy.



I hope the judge give Stone the 9 yr sentence. Then Trump will have to choose to accept the sentence or pardon Stone, making him officially plead guilty and lose his 5th amendment protection.
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