Trump and Barr were outraged by DOJ recommending Roger Stone get 9 years in prison, and so should you:
http://dailytorch.com/2020/02/trump-and-barr-were-outraged-by-doj-recommending-roger-stone-get-9-years-in-prison-and-so-should-you/
The ink has barely dried on the acquittal of President Donald Trump in Congressional Democrats’ failed impeachment attempt to remove him from office and now it is right on to the next thing, this time the faux outrage that the Justice Department reduced its sentencing recommendation for Trump friend Roger Stone from 9 years to leaving it up to the judge to decide. The filing noted that the initial recommendation of 9 years in prison was akin to sentences received by violent offenders. And just like that, the left and the Washington, D.C. establishment were in another tizzy, this time with more than 2,000 former Justice Department officials signing a petition calling for Barr to resign. The petition claims that “It is unheard of for the Department’s top leaders to overrule line prosecutors” to give what the petitioners say is “preferential” treatment for Stone. And yet, under 28 U.S. Code § 519 it is the Attorney General’s job to supervise all prosecutions and prosecutors: “the Attorney General shall supervise all litigation to which the United States, an agency, or officer thereof is a party, and shall direct all United States attorneys, assistant United States attorneys, and special attorneys appointed under section 543 of this title in the discharge of their respective duties.” Meaning, if the Attorney General determines that a prosecution is malicious or in this case, that a sentence recommendation was excessive, he has a responsibility under law to intervene in the case. And under Article II’s vesting of executive power in the President and charging him with faithfully executing the laws in addition to his pardon powers, so does President Trump. What do you think?
