Speaker Pelosi rebukes AG Barr for his role in reducing the proposed sentence for Roger Stone earlier this week, saying he has 'deeply damaged the rule of law by withdrawing the DOJ’s sentencing recommendation.'
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rebuked Attorney General William Barr on Thursday for his role in reducing the proposed sentence of Trump associate Roger Stone earlier this week.
“A.G. Barr has deeply damaged the rule of law by withdrawing the DOJ’s sentencing recommendation, the act of interference in Trump’s retribution against [the] lead attorney in the Stone case,” Pelosi told reporters at her weekly press conference.Pelosi called Barr a “sad disappointment to our country” and said that he has “stooped to such levels.” She was referring to the Justice Department's decision to overrule career prosecutors andLet our news meet your inbox.
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