UPDATE: More than 2,000 former DOJ officials call on Attorney General William Barr to resign
More than 2,000 former Department of Justice officials are calling on Attorney General William Barr to resign, according to the group Protect Democracy.
The nonpartisan, nonprofit group said that the attorney general has"flouted" that fundamental principal."Although there are times when political leadership appropriately weighs in on individual prosecutions, it is unheard of for the Department's top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as Attorney General Barr did in the Stone case," they wrote.
"We call on every DOJ employee to follow their heroic example and be prepared to report future abuses to the Inspector General, the Office of Professional Responsibility, and Congress; to refuse to carry out directives that are inconsistent with their oaths of office; to withdraw from cases that involve such directives or other misconduct; and, if necessary, to resign and report publicly -- in a manner consistent with professional ethics -- to the American people the reasons for their...
"I think it's time to stop the tweeting about Department of Justice criminal cases," Barr told ABC News.
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