Justice Department officials objected to that first — very stiff recommendation for Stone — which was made by prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., who had tried his case.Stone, 67, is due to be sentenced Feb. 20 in U.S. District Court in Washington, where he was convicted last fall of lying to Congress about his contacts with WikiLeaks and his efforts to get an associate to cover for his lies.
Trump called the original sentencing suggestion "disgraceful," and also tweeted that "this is a horrible and very unfair situation." It is highly unusual for the DOJ to reverse a sentencing recommendation after it has been made by prosecutors in a U.S. Attorney's office that has prosecuted a defendant.The Washington Post reported Monday evening
that the original sentencing filing by prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's office "came after days of intense debate within" that office. "Front-line prosecutors," some of whom were previously on the team of special counsel Robert Mueller, who lodged the charges, "argued for a sentence on the higher end for Stone than some of their supervisors were comfortable with, according to two people familiar with the discussions," The Post reported.
So much for draining the swamp...
Doubt he even does 7 to 9 months better yet years
rip america
Give his ASS 3 - 7 PRISON.
Ok first of all why would they lock him up when he's actually doing a good job for trump? This doesn't seem like good news at all. Secondly, they go from locking up this dude to tryna get trump locked up for sum he didn't do. All typa weird stuff. Mann this world gone crazy
Why can't we treat him like every other crook?
I just want to ask for Republican voters a real question is this what your end game is do you want to be like China or Russia or all these other countries
Oh so since trump whimpered and whined now the sentence changed? When trump talks about Mexicans I think he was talking generalities with his friend group!
Next thing you know stone will be pardoned and the prosecutors will be the ones going to jail. Autocracy complete
Good
It pays to have criminals (oops, I mean friends) in high places.
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