Politics Influenced Justice Department In Roger Stone Case, DoJ Lawyer Tells Hill
Source: NPR
A current Justice Department prosecutor is planning to tell lawmakers on Wednesday that in his many years in the government, "I have never seen political influence play any role in prosecutorial decision making ... with one exception: United States v Roger Stone," according to a copy of his prepared testimony.
Aaron Zelinsky, who has worked at Justice since 2014, is scheduled to testify at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday as one of two "whistleblowers" set to describe politicization at the Justice Department, said Chairman Jerrold Nadler, DNY.
In his written statement, Zelinsky said he heard that Stone received different treatment "because of his relationship to the president."
Zelinsky said the person in charge of the U.S. Attorney's office at the time was "receiving heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of Justice to cut Stone a break."
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/23/882379916/politics-influenced-justice-department-in-roger-stone-case-doj-lawyer-tells-hill
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)is there anything in writing that would corroborate his story?
DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)writes he will honor "privilege", but that it doesn't apply to wrongdoing or exposing such.
moonscape
(4,664 posts)when it is tomorrow and how to watch it if it is.