Supposing no major scandals break between mid-February and late March — a major assumption in the current administration — the most pressing concern will be Barr’s personal intervention in the sentencing recommendation of Roger Stone
Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Last May, after Attorney General William Barr condensed the whole of the almost-two-year Mueller investigation into a four-page memo determining that President Trump had not obstructed justice, Democrats wanted him to explain his process under oath.
Supposing no major scandals break between mid-February and late March — a major assumption in the current administration — the most pressing concern will be the NBC News report that Barr personally intervened in the case of Roger Stone in order to ease prosecutors’ initial sentencing guidelines of seven-to-nine years. According to NBC News, the decision was part of Barr’s plan to “take control of legal matters of personal interest to President Donald Trump.
While it’s possible that Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee could address questions dating back to the handling of the Mueller report, the letter on Wednesday suggests more timely concerns are on their minds. In addition to questioning Barr over the DOJ’s override on Stone’s sentencing, the committee will interrogate the AG on the removal of U.S. Attorney Jessie Liu, who oversaw the prosecution of Stone and fellow Trump allies Michael Flynn and Rick Gates.
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