Note that on
Tuesday, his first full day in office, DAG Jeff Rosen, acted to prevent Paul Manafort from being forced into solitary confinement at the notorious NY state prison Rikers Island. He obviously had the full support of Barr. Rosen seems to be the conservative bulldog counter to Mueller’s bullydog Weissman. I say, give them a chance. They’re starting out right.
DAG Jeff Rosen, acted to prevent Paul Manafort from being forced into solitary confinement at the notorious NY state prison Rikers Island
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Someone in the DOJ needed to step in and stop this. Treating Manafort this way has nothing to do with justice. It was all about political punishment.