Schumer calls on Justice Department watchdog to probe Stone sentencing recommendations
Source: cbs
February 11, 2020 / 8:08 PM / CBS News
The Senate's top Democrat is calling on the Justice Department's internal watchdog to investigate the law enforcement agency's move to recommend a lesser prison sentence for Roger Stone, President Trump's longtime informal adviser and confidant.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, made the request in a letter to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz on Monday evening after top Justice Department officials overruled the recommendation of prosecutors that Stone serve between seven and nine years in prison. Stone was found guilty in November of seven charges, including lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction.
The move by the Justice Department prompted a mass exodus of all four prosecutors involved in Stone's case. One of those government lawyers, Jonathan Kravis, resigned his post at the Justice Department entirely.
"This situation has all the indicia of improper political interference in a criminal prosecution," Schumer wrote to Horowitz.
The New York Democrat requested the Justice Department's internal watchdog look into how and why Stone's sentencing recommendations were countermanded, who at the Justice Department made the decision, and who at the White House was involved.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chuck-schumer-calls-for-justice-department-watchdog-to-probe-roger-stone-sentencing-recommendations/
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