Prosecutors Withdraw From Roger Stone Case After DOJ Walks Back Sentencing

President Donald Trump publicly raged against the proposed prison term for his longtime adviser.

By Nick Robins-Early

The Department of Justice is walking back its sentencing recommendation for President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone, according to a Fox News report citing an unnamed senior DOJ official. Federal prosecutors Aaron S.J. Zelinsky, Adam C. Jed, Jonathan Kravis and Michael Marando withdrew as government counsels in the case following the report.

The more lenient recommendation would be a rapid turnaround after federal prosecutors said on Monday that Stone should face seven to nine years for witness tampering and lying to Congress. But that was before Trump publicly raged against the prosecutors, tweeting that “this miscarriage of justice” cannot be allowed.

After being convicted on seven counts including lying to Congress and threatening a witness with physical harm Donald Trump rage twitting at two o'clock in the morning about the injustice of it all. Thereby putting pressure the DOJ which led to this ridiculous climb down.