Trump, in a tweet, congratulated Attorney General William Barr 'for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have even been brought.'
President Donald Trump praised Attorney General William Barr after the Justice Department decided to overrule career prosecutors and recommend a lower prison sentence for Trump's longtime friend, Roger Stone.
Trump, in a tweet, congratulated the department's chief, Attorney General William Barr, "for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have even been brought."recommended that a judge give Stone a harsh sentence of between seven and nine years in prison. The exodus appeared to come in direct response to the government's about-face on the sentencing request. One of those prosecutors resigned from the government altogether.
"This situation has all the indicia of improper political interference in a criminal prosecution," Schumer wrote in a letter to Horowitz on Tuesday. "Evidence now clearly shows that the Mueller Scam was improperly brought & tainted. Even Bob Mueller lied to Congress!" Trump tweeted. Mueller has not been credibly accused of lying during his testimony before Congress in July.
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