Roger Stone’s Sentence

“The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it would seek for President Donald Trump’s longtime ally and confidant… The department insisted the decision to undo the sentencing recommendation was made Monday night — before Trump’s tweet [criticizing the initial recommendation] — and prosecutors had not spoken to the White House about it.” (AP News)

The left worries that Trump is violating long standing norms of the independence of the Department of Justice.

The right is critical of Stone’s initial sentencing recommendation, but argues that Trump’s involvement may be counterproductive.