Nope. I think he hit the nail square on the head there. Ditto Martin Luther King.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecuted Roger Stone, securing a conviction on seven felony counts of obstruction, witness tampering, and making false statements to Congress in November 2019. Following a sentencing recommendation of 7–9 years by line prosecutors, senior DOJ officials intervened to lower this recommendation, causing the trial team to resign in protest.
Stone was found guilty of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing the House investigation into “Russian interference” in the 2016 election. Federal prosecutors originally recommended a sentence of 7 to 9 years in prison.
After President Trump tweeted that the original recommendation was “unfair,” senior DOJ officials overruled it, recommending a lighter sentence. In protest of the intervention, all four prosecutors assigned to the case resigned from the case, with one quitting the DOJ entirely.
Final Sentence: Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Stone to 40 months (3 years and 4 months) in prison, criticizing his actions, but ultimately issuing a sentence lower than the original recommendation.
President Trump later commuted Stone’s sentence, preventing him from serving the prison time. The handling of the case caused significant internal controversy, with allegations of political interference. For more, see the official Department of Justice press release.