Posted on 02/16/2020 8:11:08 AM PST by ransomnote
WASHINGTON — More than 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials called on Attorney General William P. Barr on Sunday to step down after he intervened last week to lower the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr.
They also urged current government employees to report any signs of unethical behavior at the Justice Department to the agency’s inspector general and to Congress.
“Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr’s interference in the fair administration of justice,” the former Justice Department lawyers, who came from across the political spectrum, wrote in an open letter on Sunday. Those actions, they said, “require Mr. Barr to resign.”
The sharp denunciation of Mr. Barr underlined the extent of the fallout over the case of Mr. Stone, capping a week that strained the attorney general’s relationship with his rank and file, and with the president himself.
A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.
After prosecutors on Monday recommended a prison sentence of up to nine years for Mr. Stone, who was convicted of obstructing a congressional inquiry, Mr. Trump lashed out at federal law enforcement. Senior officials at the department, including Mr. Barr, overrode the recommendation the next day with a more lenient one, immediately prompting accusations of political interference, and the four lawyers on the Stone case abruptly withdrew in protest.
The Justice Department said the case had not been discussed with anyone at the White House, but that Mr. Trump congratulated Mr. Barr on his decision did little to dispel the perception of political influence. And as the president widened his attacks on law enforcement, Mr. Barr publicly reproached the president, saying that Mr. Trump’s statements undermined him, as well the department.
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1,100+ judges that need to be replaced. They are making it easy to spot the enemy.
Are not these same 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials interfering in the case by making comments ??
Obama alumni. Doesn’t that mean they don’t work there anymore?
The Deep State protects itself.
Some of these are Bush people, they are not all Obama people.
Where were these jokers when....
Attorney General Eric Holder was held in criminal contempt of Congress on Thursday on a 255 to 67 vote. Holder is the first Attorney General in U.S. history to be held in contempt by a full house vote. On a separate vote, members of Congress voted 258 to 95 to approve a civil contempt charge against Holder.
https://newsone.com/2023041/eric-holder-contempt-3/
Doesn’t matter...Bush, Obama, Clinton...They all are leftist liberals...Get rid of ‘em...
Piffle. Barr has not only the right but the duty to see that sentencing is based on actual crime and not political revenge. It is his job to be boss of those prosecutors.
Ah, this quarter’s “scandal”.
The Democrats accuse Barr of being Trump's hatchet man.
Those disappointed in the DOJ's declining to prosecute McCabe and others believe he is a swamp creature.
Those who view Washington as a battleground of competing bureaucratic kingdoms believe Barr is an institutionalist.
Those who are of more sanguine nature believe Barr is a constitutionalist.
Those of us who are desperate for the rule of law to be restored have not quite lost faith in Atty. Gen. Barr.
The matter will not be decided on Barr's public comments, rather it will be decided by his actions, especially whether any meaningful indictments are returned.
Fire them...
My only question is when Impeachment II starts, before or after Barr's March 31 congressional appearance.
[1100 Obama DOJ alumni want Barr out]
Barr must have the goods on the Obama and deep state maggots going to be a mega show.
About time laws be used not bent.
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Yawn. What about the 15,000 University professors? Yawn.
Interesting how the dims always have Department of “X” alumni on speed-dial.
There, fixed it
Nothing he does will satisfy them. If he resigned theyd say he was admitting his wrongdoing. Thuck fem.
Folks here are complaining about Barr's inaction on McCabe.
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