February 12, 2020 Juan Williams: Trump defense of Roger Stone shows hypocrisy of uproar over Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting "The Five" co-host Juan Williams said Wednesday that President Trump's defense of Republican political consultant Roger Stone and his agreement that the Justice Department should revise its sentencing recommendation against Stone exposes his hypocrisy because he criticized former President Bill Clinton for potentially interfering with the Hillary Clinton email investigation during a 2016 meeting with then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
February 12, 2020 Dems demand Barr's resignation amid Stone sentence storm Barely a week after President Trump was acquitted in his impeachment trial, a new administration controversy has Democrats demanding investigations and even the resignation of his top law enforcement official.
February 12, 2020 Trump denies interfering in Roger Stone case, stays mum on possible pardon President Trump on Wednesday denied interfering in Roger Stone’s case and declined to say whether he’d consider a pardon for the GOP political operative, while he continued to rail against prosecutors who recommended a lengthy sentence and called it a “disgrace.”
February 12, 2020 Former DOJ official: Trump critics are overreacting to Roger Stone sentence recommendation reduction Former Justice Department official James Trusty told ӣƵ Wednesday that President Trump's critics are overreacting to the department's handling of the sentence for longtime Republican political operative Roger Stone.
February 12, 2020 Andrew McCarthy: Should Trump pardon Roger Stone? President should decide or keep quiet The first thing to grasp about the Roger Stone sentencing fiasco is that Stone, even accepting the worst plausible gloss on his crimes, is a 67-year-old nonviolent first offender.
February 12, 2020 Joy Behar: Friends of Trump can 'rob a bank because he's got you covered' "The View" co-host Joy Behar argued on Wednesday that President Trump's disregard for law and order created a situation where his associates, like longtime political strategist Roger Stone, could rob a bank and get away with it.
February 12, 2020 Jessica Tarlov: GOP senators should be 'embarrassed' after DOJ reversed course on Roger Stone sentence ӣƵ contributor Jessica Tarlov said Wednesday that Republican senators should be "embarrassed" after four career Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors abruptly withdrew from their positions on former Trump adviser Roger Stone's criminal case Tuesday in an apparent dramatic protest.
February 12, 2020 Trump congratulates Barr on ‘taking charge’ of Roger Stone case, says it ‘was totally out of control’ President Trump offered "congratulations" to Attorney General Bill Barr after the Justice Department submitted an amended filing in Roger Stone's criminal case seeking a lighter sentence for the former Trump campaign adviser than prosecutors first recommended -- a move that comes as Democrats accuse the White House of politicizing the DOJ and career prosecutors are withdrawing from the case in apparent protest.
February 12, 2020 Chuck Schumer calls for IG investigation into DOJ decision to reduce Roger Stone's recommended sentence Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Tuesday called for an investigation into the Department of Justice’s decision to reduce the recommended prison sentence for President Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone.
February 11, 2020 Trump taunts Roger Stone prosecutors who 'cut and ran' from case President Trump sounded off on the four Justice Department attorneys who quit the Roger Stone case on Twitter Tuesday and accused them of cutting and running for political reasons.