NEW: Attorney General William Barr will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on March 31, Chair Jerry Nadler confirms.
, President Donald Trump's longtime friend and former campaign adviser, withdrew after the Justice Department said it would overrule their sentencing recommendation and ask the court for significantly less prison time.
From prosecutors' initial sentencing recommendation Monday evening to their eventual withdrawal from the case Tuesday afternoon, here's a timeline of what happened.Justice Department prosecutors argue in a sentencing memo that Roger Stone’s crimes warranted a sentence of seven to nine years in prison:"Roger Stone obstructed Congress's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, lied under oath, and tampered with a witness.
Shortly after, Jonathan Kravis and Adam Jed follow Zelinsky in removing themselves from Stone's case. Kravis resigned from the Justice Department entirely.Shortly after Jed's withdrawal, a Justice Department attorney new to the case files an amended sentencing memorandum arguing that the previous recommendation of seven to nine years"would not be appropriate" and instead"defers to the court as to what specific sentence is appropriate.
Calling the initial recommendation"ridiculous" and a"disgrace," the president went on to attack the prosecutors directly, saying"these are the same Mueller people who put everybody through hell." However, the U.S. attorney who ultimately signed off on the original sentencing recommendation is a close ally of Attorney General Bill Barr.
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