DOJ expected to scale back Roger Stone's 'extreme' sentencing recommendation: official

Fox News ^ | 02/11/2020 | Jake Gibson, David Spunt

[Brown Deer]

CONCLUSION

Roger Stone obstructed Congress’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, lied under oath, and tampered with a witness. And when his crimes were revealed by the indictment in this case, he displayed contempt for this Court and the rule of law. For that, he should be punished in accord with the advisory Guidelines.

Respectfully submitted,

TIMOTHY SHEA
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia

By: /s/
Jonathan Kravis
Michael J. Marando
Assistant United States Attorneys

Adam C. Jed
Aaron S.J. Zelinsky
Special Assistant United States Attorney
555 4th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20530

[Brown Deer]

See 21

[rockinqsranch]

“Demanding such a long sentence was bound to draw attention.”

The left of which the “Deep State” is has a bit of a tendency for overreach in about everything they advance. A bunch of “Drama-Queens” one only has to look at the early black, and white “Silent Moving Pictures” to understand.

They (the left) turn to drama to make their point while in so doing lose the overall picture, as it always comes out about themselves. The “look at me” syndrome. Their message is lost unless it’s about them.

[lepton]

I believe he is letting the system takes its course

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My understanding is that there are also many grounds for appeal, as Judge Berman disallowed most arguments for defense.

[lodi90]

Obama White House lawyer trying to railroad Stone. Unbelievable. “Trump” DOJ? Hardly.

Jonathan Kravis is a Trial Attorney in the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Prior to joining the Public Integrity Section, he was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. From 2009 to 2010, he served as Associate White House Counsel, advising White House staff on a variety of legal matters. Mr. Kravis clerked for Judge Merrick Garland on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and for Justice Stephen Breyer on the United States Supreme Court.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

I think a pardon is coming after November. Trump doesn’t want to give them a campaign issue.

[FreeReign]

Perhaps, now that the Senate has acquitted Trump, Barr is beginning to take control of the corrupt legacy SC prosecutions.

[JonPreston]

Agree.

[gibsonguy]

Notice FNC put extreme in quotes. Any reasonable person would consider the sentence outrages.

[Mariner]

Good thing we don’t have a Democrat DOJ leadership.

[maggief]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/doj-overrides-grossly-disproportionate-sentencing-recommendation-for-trump-ally-roger-stone

Adam Jed and Aaron Zelinsky, two prosecutors who worked on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, signed off on the sentencing recommendation, along with Timothy Shea, whom Attorney General Bill Barr named as interim U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barr-appoints-timothy-shea-interim-us-attorney-district-columbia

January 30, 2020

Attorney General William P. Barr Appoints Timothy Shea Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia

Attorney General William P. Barr announced today the appointment of Timothy Shea as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 546, effective February 3. The Office is the largest U.S. Attorney’s Office in the country, serving as both the local and the federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, with over 300 attorneys responsible for litigation before over 100 judges in federal and local courts.

“I am pleased to appoint Tim Shea as Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Tim brings to this role extensive knowledge and expertise in law enforcement matters as well as an unwavering dedication to public service, reflected in his long and distinguished career in state and federal government,” said Attorney General William P. Barr. “His reputation as a fair prosecutor, skillful litigator, and excellent manager is second-to-none, and his commitment to fighting violent crime and the drug epidemic will greatly benefit the city of Washington. I would also like to express my gratitude to Jessie Liu, who has served with distinction as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia since 2017, and has been nominated to a new role at the Department of the Treasury.”

Shea served as Associate Deputy Attorney General from 1990-1992 and as Counselor to the Attorney General since 2019. In both roles, he advised the Attorney General on law enforcement operations, criminal justice policy, and management issues affecting the Department. He recently spearheaded the Department’s Operation Relentless Pursuit, a crackdown targeting violent crime in seven U.S. cities.

From 1992-1997, Shea served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia where he prosecuted federal criminal cases, including violent crimes, drug trafficking, fraud cases, perjury and obstruction of justice investigations, federal tax fraud and evasion cases, civil rights matters, and public corruption cases. He headed the Task Force responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes at the District of Columbia correctional facilities at Lorton, supervising AUSAs and D.C. government attorneys. He was also the coordinator for matters related to the Criminal Enforcement Child Support.

In state government, Shea served as the Chief of Public Protection Bureau in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office where he managed several divisions staffed by attorneys and investigators. In that position, he was responsible for the enforcement of state law related to consumer protection, civil rights, antitrust, regulated industries, insurance rate setting, telecommunications, energy, environment, public charities, and elder protection. Shea also served in Congressional roles, including as Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations under the chairmanship of Senator Susan Collins and on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee professional staff under Ranking Republican Member Silvio O. Conte. During his 20 years of private practice, Shea served as Of Counsel for Bingham McCutchen and Morgan Lewis, handling complex civil litigation.

Shea earned his J.D. degree magna cum laude in 1991 from the Georgetown University Law Center where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He was also a senior staff member of the America Criminal Law Review. He received his B.A. degree magna cum laude from Boston College in 1982 where he received the Kenealy Award for Academic Excellence.

[Karl Spooner]

Democrat operative, Judge Amy Berman Jackson, doesn’t have to accept the new DOJ recommendations. Irregardless, Roger Stone is still an innocent man to begin with!

[maggief]

See post #31.

Barr recently appointed Shea, and was at the helm for ONE WEEK before signing off.

[Ann Archy]

THANK YOY!!! Now more MONKEY ASSES ARE EXPOSED,,

[A Voice]

Same goes for Mike Flynn

[Lockbox]

Gee that’s only one year per four FBI agents it took to arrest Roger. 29 agents / 9 years = 4.14. 🤣

[Syncro]

This was just talked about on Dana’s show on Fox.

It is in breaking news now.

[Albion Wilde]

If they would give Adam Schiff the same sentence for each of his lies, served consecutively, I imagine Roger would accept it.

[Hot Tabasco]

seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate

Back in October 2001 in California, the 19 year old Hispanic kid named Cruz Alejandro Martinez, who was drunk and under the influence of drugs, ran a red light at an intersection and broadsided my brother's rental car, putting him in a coma for a week until he finally died.

Cruz Alejandro Martinez tried to flee the scene but was fortunately apprehended.

Two months later, Cruz Alejandro Martinez was sentenced to only four years in prison.........

While I know where he lived, what his house looks like and the individuals who own or owned the house are (names totally different from Cruz Alejandro Martinez), his whereabouts now are unknown but I suspect he was an illegal who has since returned to Mexico........

[Steven W.]

Looks like Zelinsky has just been stung - he just petitioned the Court he’s removing himself from the case and then resigned from the DoJ