The upshot: The DOJ will have to explain to a federal judge who gagged Roger Stone for threatening her on social media why they want to retroactively lower his sentencing rec right after Trump tweeted about it.
And why an AUSA immediately resigned after.
And why an AUSA immediately resigned after.
It's hard to imagine the DOJ's backflip working out in Roger Stone's favor, unless the actual goal was less giving the dirty trickster a break than it was being seen to be doing so for the president.
To clean up the thread in a final update:
That’s all four AUSAs.
That’s all four AUSAs.
