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-Lurid Crime Tales-

AG Barr takes control of legal matters of interest to Trump, including Stone sentencing

2020-02-12

[NBC] WASHINGTON ‐ The U.S. attorney who had presided over an inconclusive criminal investigation into former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe was abruptly removed from the job last month in one of several recent moves by Attorney General William Barr to take control of legal matters of personal interest to President Donald Trump, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

A person familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News that Trump has rescinded the nomination of Jessie Liu, who had been the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., for a job as an undersecretary at the Treasury Department.

Liu also supervised the case against Trump associate Roger Stone. On Tuesday, all four line prosecutors withdrew from the case ‐ and one quit the Justice Department altogether ‐ after Barr and his top aides intervened to reverse a stiff sentencing recommendation of up to nine years in prison that the line prosecutors had filed with the court Monday. (Liu left before the sentencing recommendation was made.)

All sorts of things coming home to roost now that the impeachment is over. It’s almost as if they were quietly queued up and waiting for the order to go...

But that wasn't the first time senior political appointees had reached into a case involving a former Trump aide, officials told NBC News. Senior officials at the Justice Department also intervened last month to help change the government's sentencing recommendation for Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI. While the prosecutors had once recommended up to six months in jail, their latest filing now says they believe probation would be appropriate.

Posted by:Besoeker

#4 Until we start seeing the offenders being frog walked in orange jump suits, it is all kabuki theater.

Still feeling slightly optimistic though. Trump does fight.

Posted by: DarthVader 2020-02-12 10:22

#3 Giddyup.

Posted by: Lex 2020-02-12 09:24

#2 Better late than never.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-02-12 05:06

Hey boss, I think it may be time you step in and get a handle on this bullshi*.

Posted by: Besoeker 2020-02-12 00:57

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