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in 2020 to diminish sentencing for longtime adviser Roger Stone, a Justice Department watchdog revealed on Wednesday.
Roger Stone walks on the convention floor during the Republican National Convention Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. According to the report, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia had been involved in “extensive discussions” regarding Stone’s sentencing. During this period, interim U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea consulted with Barr, and they agreed that a sentence below the federal guidelines would be suitable.
Despite this discrepancy, Shea later approved the prosecutors’ memo, which recommended a sentence aligning with the guidelines. The inspector general’s investigation revealed that when Barr found out the memo did not reflect his prior discussion with Shea, he “immediately” insisted it needed to be “corrected,” which happened hours before Trump’s tweet.
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