Some new details here on Barr/Trump/Stone saga: Barr has kept mum about prior convos w/Trump but a source says before today's public pushback, Barr repeatedly privately asked Trump to stop tweets about DOJ matters... politi.co/2SnoHsB
Also more tick-tock here on how original Stone sentencing recommendation got filed. A DOJ official says Shea opposed it, but caved after prosecution team threatened to drop out of case if govt didn't seek 7-to-9 guidelines sentence...
Also if you look at that original filing, there are tips of the hat to Stone's arguments for leniency. It talks about him deserving 'a period of incarceration,' which sounds like no-probation, not really 7-to-9. bit.ly/2OTyTae
Maybe not quite schizophrenic but it screams of editing by committee. Says 'appropriate for the court to consider' that the use-or-threat-of-violence enhancement might be too much, but then turns and says sentence within the guidelines. A bit of a muddle even before the reversal.
