'He’s trying to put his thumb on the scale regarding the Roger Stone sentencing,' says former federal prosecutor Gene Rossi, on President Trump. 'His tweet… affected the main justice recommendation.'
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal speaks to reporters at the US Capitol, January 29. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called for Attorney General William Barr to resign after top leadership at the Department of Justice stepped in to reduce a sentence recommendation of long-time Trump ally Roger Stone.
“This brazen assault on the independence and integrity of the Department of Justice is unprecedented. As a former federal prosecutor for the United States attorney for Connecticut, I have never seen anything like it. Now is the time for William Barr to resign,” Blumenthal said. Blumenthal went on to call Barr one of Trump’s “henchmen,” and a “political operative” who should face an investigation not only by the Judiciary Committee, but also by office of the Inspector General.“I thought William Barr was unfit for this office. I voted against him. He is proving more unfit than I could’ve imagined," he said.
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