DOJ's Attorney General is Obviously Running Political Interference for Trump

Attorney General Barr is abandoning any pretense of being an independent law enforcement official and making it evident that he is acting at the personal behest of Donald Trump.

Trump started off the day by tweeting this about Roger Stone, "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!"

And mere hours later, DOJ announced that it would be submitting a second sentencing memo in the Roger STone case, displacing the first.  The U.Sl Attorney originally had recommended a sentence of 7-9 years in prison.  The second memo said that a sentence "far less" than seven to nine years in prison "would be reasonable under the circumstances." It did not make a specific recommendation.

Barr's  political interference in the case was made obvious when the four federal prosecutors then unexpectedly withdrew from the case.  The top Stone prosecutor, Aaron Zelinsky, reportedly resigned from DOJ “effective immediately.”   Former Justice Department officials and others characterized the department’s abrupt shift on the Stone case as an egregious example of the president and his attorney general manipulating federal law enforcement to serve their political interests.

Trump told reporters that he hadn't asked the Justice Department for a reduced sentence for Stone-- but his tweet and the timing of DOJ's actions show that to be a lie. Trump's critics blasted what they called the president's attempt to influence what are supposed to be the independent workings of the Justice Department.  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., vowed in his own Twitter post that the panel would investigate.  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called on the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate the events leading up to the submission of the second sentencing memo.