Posted on 02/11/2020 6:29:34 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Four prosecutors from the Justice Department (DOJ) have withdrawn from their roles in the Roger Stone case, following the department’s decision to reduce the amount of prison time they are recommending for the Trump associate.
Prosecutors Aaron Zelinsky (pdf), Jonathan Kravis (pdf), Adam C. Jed (pdf), and Michael Marando (pdf) filed notices withdrawing from the case on Feb. 11. The move follows the department’s decision to override the sentencing recommendation of seven to nine years made by the federal prosecutors.
Along with withdrawing from the case, Kravis also will resign from his position as an assistant U.S. attorney. Zelinsky and Jed previously worked on former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
Stone, 67, is one of several of President Donald Trump’s associates who faced charges as a result of Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He was convicted in November 2019 on all seven counts he was charged with, including obstruction, witness tampering, and making false statements to Congress.
The charges were related to allegations that Stone had made false statements to the House Intelligence Committee during its probe of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election and attempted to persuade a witness to give false testimony and withhold pertinent information from investigators.
On Feb. 10, the department filed a sentencing memorandum that recommended that the court consider a sentence of 87 to 108 months, or seven to nine years (pdf). The prosecutors said the lengthy sentence would “send the message that tampering with a witness, obstructing justice, and lying in the context of a congressional investigation on matters of critical national importance are not crimes to be taken lightly.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
I believe Flynn asked that very question. “No you don’t need one”
Comey: “I thought i could get away with it Haha”
GO TRUMP GO!!!!!!!!!
The Judge is pure swamp scum.
Hmm... Jonathan Kravis....
http://www.whitehouse.gov/EthicsPledgeWaiversReleasedbytheWhiteHouse/
ETHICS PLEDGE WAIVERS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE
Jocelyn Frye, Director of Policy and Projects in the Office of the First Lady
Cecilia Muñoz, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs in the Executive Office of the President
William Lynn, Deputy Secretary of Defense
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President
Jonathan Kravis, Associate Counsel, White House Counsel’s Office
Chris Weideman, Associate Counsel, White House Counsel’s Office
2 posted on 9/5/2009, 5:20:51 PM by Cindy
Four of ‘em, huh? That would be:
WINNING
WINNING
WINNING
WINNING
What do they think ... that Trump will beg them to stay or something? Jerks. Maybe they just need to retire permanently, and then be haunted by gruesome nightmares for the rest of their miserable lives.
Did they ever once consider how evil and unfair it was, what they were doing? Did they consider they could be in a similar situation some day? Demonic influence, or possession, IMHO.
“Less men were sent in to kill Osama bin Laden than were sent to arrest Roger Stone.”
That would be an excellent tagline! Or change “kill Osama bin Laden...” with “rescue Americans in Benghazi ...”
“Both got themselves in trouble by talking to the investigators.”
Flynn actually did, IIRC, and was told he didn’t need one. I want to see Comey fry.
Kind of interesting they resign when the DOJ also said it would defer to the court ,,, they were just pointing out that the prosecution seemed to be unprofessionally overzealous...
The Prosecutors are dirty and they know folks are looking their way...
Thanks for the link.
Your welcome
Me too. Still, if an FBI guy tells you that you don't need an attorney, make sure you have your attorney or don't talk at all.
“if an FBI guy tells you that you don’t need an attorney, make sure you have your attorney or don’t talk at all.”
I have saved in my email a video discussing that very thing. I watch it every once in a while to refresh myself.
I imagine it goes like this. Hi, we would like to ask you some questions. Okay, what is the first question. Then, okay, what is your second question.
At the least you get to hear the first questions before telling them you don't answer any questions.
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