Feds back away from Stone sentencing proposal
Source: AP
The Department of Justice is backing away from its sentencing recommendation of between seven to nine years in prison for Trump confidant Roger Stone, a department official told the AP.
The official says there had been no contact with the White House over the decision, though President Donald Trump tweeted early Tuesday calling it “a very horrible and unfair situation” after the recommendation was made in a court filing Monday evening.
The official said the recommendation was extreme and excessive, and disproportionate to Stone’s offenses. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
The Justice Department plans to refile the recommendation later Tuesday, the official said. It wasn’t clear how much prison time it would seek. Stone was convicted in November of a seven-count indictment that accused him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the 2016 election.
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Judge dismisses lawsuit to compel White House to archive records of Trump calls, meetings with Putin, other foreign leaders
Federal courts have ruled that the Presidential Records Act is one of the rare statutes that judges cannot review, and that another law, the Federal Records Act, does not specify exactly how agency heads should preserve records, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said in a 22-page opinion.
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OTOH: His library won't have much to commend itself towards that "perfect" legacy if he doesn't and can't satisfactorily spin why it was so great for America...
Again, throwing it back to Congress in the same way as Mueller...if that's what it takes NOW, just something else for McConnell to block...
Not to mention all those "back channel" records Barr is setting up for dear dictator to screw over House oversight.
I can't bear the indecency and the perversion of justice of this cabal much longer!
Yes, the tweet and the announcement were just a coincidence. Nothing to see here folks. Move along.
