Third Stone Prosecutor just withdrew.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Link to tweet

[guillaumeb]

1. Allowing Trump to replace them with MAGA loyalists. eom

[dpibel]

6. It's the Saturday Night Massacre model

Lawyers have little wiggle room in situations like this. Either do what the client says or withdraw (with the exception of the client asking for something illegal which, strictly speaking, this is not).

When Nixon ordered the firing of the special prosecutor, he got resignations until Robert Bork stepped up to do the deed.

To immediately jump to "that just helps Trump" kind of misses the point here.

[guillaumeb]

10. My point is that Trump, and his co-conspirators, want to drive out

every person of integrity so Trump can surround himself with toadies.

[krissey]

2. Whats going on? This is looking sickening.

[EndlessWire]

21. I agree. n/t

[Sanity Claws]

3. OMG

This is not normal.
Nothing about this Administration is normal.

These guys know a lot about the Mueller investigations that were stopped. Wonder if the House investigators would be interested in hiring them.

[dalton99a]

4. Barr is purging the DOJ of non-believers

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Actually, the non-believers are making a stand.

They cannot in good faith go before the judge and say, "Yes, I know we did previously recommend 7-9 years in prison for the Defendant, but now we're totally cool with community service."

No. They made an oath, and they are abiding by it.

[blueinredohio]

9. Good for them. Maybe now someone will step up and do something.

I don't know what can be done but someone does.

[Frustratedlady]

7. Weren't all of these guys present when Stone violated the court orders?

Wasn't there a female judge who dressed down Stone on his constant disrespect for the court by not following orders? What was it, three or four times he had to be called back for discipline? Maybe she'll remove herself from this case, as well.

The whole bunch lied and violated the courts...Manafort, Stone, Flynn...

Good on the attorneys for serving notice.

[wishstar]

15. Judge Amy Berman Jackson is expected to sentence Stone on Feb 27th

Doubt she will remove herself after all she has gone through to get him to abide by her orders and presiding over his conviction.

Refusal of the 3 prosecutors to go along with Trump/Barr's orders for downward revision of their recommendation gives her credibility to give Stone significant prison time but as I recall she was the sentencing judge for Manafort and gave him the low end of recommended time.

[Still In Wisconsin]

17. Don't they just appeal it up to the Kavanaugh Kourt?

I mean, unless Fat Nixon pardons him first.

[Frustratedlady]

18. I thought it was Judge Jackson, but we've seen so many in so many cases...hard to keep track.

Thanks for the info.

[BigmanPigman]

8. This country gets more fucked over by the minute. Thanks to the GOP.

It just gets worse and worse. My anger has never been this bad in my whole life (and I get ANGRY). I was speaking with a Dem surveyor yesterday that I see often outside my local store and we were discussing how much we hate all three evil monsters (Barr, tRump and Moscow Mitch). We hate them so much we often have a hard time even finding the words.

[a kennedy]

19. I know....I am constantly angry....I yell, I scream, I swear, I drink, I smoke weed.....

only thing that helps, is watching movies, exercise, and NO MORE WATCHING POLITICAL SHOWS except, Nicole AND Rachel. DAMN THIS ORANGE PIECE OF SHIT, AND ALL HIS DAMN MOBSTERS HAVE GOT TO BE STOPPED.

[Buckeyeblue]

11. I hope the judge tells them to get fucked and gives him the max sentence

[spanone]

12. and this is all okay with republicans in congress and elsewhere?????

[2naSalit]

13. Here we go, kids...

Remember when we were going to march in the streets if Mueller got fired?

Joyce Alene Vance is saying this is a 4 alarm fire.

[dhol82]

14. We have hit code red.

[Kota]

16. Good news!

I think firing vindman was a warning shot, these prosecutors aren't falling for it.

[Zolorp]

20. The judge will likely throw the book at Stone now

She does not have to pay one whit of attention to the new sentencing recommendations.