JUST IN: Top Department of Justice officials pressured prosecutors to suggest a lighter sentence for Trump ally Roger Stone, according to a whistleblower.
Critics have called Attorney General William Barr too willing to do the bidding of President Trump. Justice Department attorneys say they've seen political pressure in big cases.Critics have called Attorney General William Barr too willing to do the bidding of President Trump. Justice Department attorneys say they've seen political pressure in big cases.
Zelinsky said the person in charge of the U.S. Attorney's office at the time was"receiving heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of Justice to cut Stone a break." Eventually, higher-ups in the office overrode the original recommendation about how stiffly to punish Stone and filed a new memo"at odds with the record and contrary to Department of Justice policy."
And in many cases, Zelinsky said, he will respect the DOJ's assertions of legal privileges. But, he added,"the deliberative process privilege does not apply when testimony sheds light on government misconduct, or when the government has disclosed deliberative information selectively and misleadingly."
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