AG slams WH meddling in Stone sentencing
“Public statements and tweets made about the department, about people in the department, our men and women here, about cases pending in the department and about judges before whom we have cases make it impossible for me to do my job and to assure the courts and the department that we’re doing our work with integrity,” Barr said. Read story here.
All this meddling or claims of meddling is all rather meaningless as a sitting US District judge will sentence Mr. Stone. The Judge can accept either sides recommendation, set Stone free with a slap on the wrist, or throw the book at Stone. Guess it is selling newspapers though.