More than 1,100 former DOJ officials press for Attorney General Barr to resign
More than 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials are calling on Attorney GeneralWilliam Barrto resign following reports Barr and PresidentDonald Trumpintervened in the criminal prosecution of Trump’s friendRoger Stone.
In their call for Barr’s resignation, the former Justice Department officials suggested his behavior is a threat to democracy.“Governments that use the enormous power of law enforcement to punish their enemies and reward their allies are not constitutional republics; they are autocracies,” they wrote.
The following day, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia filed a new recommendation that didn’t suggest any particular length of time. The move led all four prosecutors in the Stone trial to drop out of the case.
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