There's No Justice in William Barr's Department
Charles P. Pierce
MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE—In the halls of justice, Lenny Bruce warned us, the only justice is in the halls. And at least as far as the Trump Justice Department (William Barr, Proprietor) is concerned, it's not even there. From theWashington Post:
In a stunning rebuke of career prosecutors that will surely raise questions about political interference in the case, a senior Justice Department official said the department “was shocked to see the sentencing recommendation in the Roger Stone case last night...That recommendation is not what had been briefed to the department,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive case. “The department finds the recommendation extreme and excessive and disproportionate to Stone’s offenses. The department will clarify its position later today.”
The statement came hours after Trump tweeted about the sentence prosecutors recommended, saying: “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!” The senior Justice Department official, though, said the decision to revise prosecutors’ recommendation came before Trump’s tweet...The senior Justice Department official said Barr had not spoken with Trump about the sentencing recommendation for Stone, nor had the attorney general been informed in advance of Trump’s tweet.
And I am the Tsar of all the Russias.
The professional prosecutors recommended a sentence of seven-to-nine years for Stone, the professional grifter who was the last person indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team, and whose crimes against democracy extend as far back as Watergate and beyond. Now, it appears, his wrists will be delicately slapped, and who would be surprised if a pardon was forthcoming thereafter?
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