Trump says on Twitter that he has the right to interfere in criminal cases after Attorney General William Barr said Trump’s tweets “make it impossible for me to do my job.”
President Trump tweeted that he has the "legal right" to meddle in court cases handled by the DOJ.
Attorney General William Barr listens as President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks and signs the Operation Lady Justice Executive Order to address the issue of missing and murdered Native Americans in the Oval Office at the White House on Tuesday, Nov 26, 2019 in Washington, DC.
The proposed sentence fell in line with federal sentencing guidelines; defense attorneys argued that Stone should receive probation. All four prosecutors quit the case in apparent protest on Tuesday — and one resigned from the Justice Department altogether.Barr and his department claim that the decision to amend Stone's sentencing recommendation came prior to Trump's attacks on social media. Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has called for the department's internal watchdog to investigate the matter.
Barr had recently asked the president in private to stop sending public statements that made his life more difficult, a source familiar with the events told NBC News.
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