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All 4 resigned from the case. 1 of the 4 resigned as an assistant DA entirely.
So how does that change things?
All 4 resigned from the case. 1 of the 4 resigned as an assistant DA entirely.
So how does that change things?
Depends on what they do next. Seems like testifying in front of Nadler and the Judiciary Committee would be a minimum expectation.
But David Laufman, a former chief of the Justice Department’s counterintelligence unit, said he could not recall another criminal case in which an entire team of prosecutors had resigned en masse, apparently to protest improper political interference.
“This is a ‘break glass in case of fire’ moment,” he said. “We have now seen the political leadership of the department, presumably acting on the president’s desires, reaching down into a criminal case to withdraw a reasoned sentencing recommendation to the court.”
The prosecutors’ withdrawals suggest that they not only disagreed with officials at the department’s headquarters, but were concerned about compromising their own ethics, said Greg Brower, a former prosecutor and senior F.B.I. official.
Until now, the Stone case had been viewed as one of the more important successes of the special counsel investigation. Mr. Stone put up a weak defense, and the jury deliberated only seven hours before convicting him on all counts. In what some saw as a last-minute plea for salvation before the verdict came in, Mr. Stone expressed hope through a proxy that the president would pardon him.
If the president intervened to reverse the decision of career prosecutors, it would be “a blatant abuse of power,” said Representative Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, who oversees the House committee that Mr. Stone was convicted of lying to.
“Doing so would send an unmistakable message that President Trump will protect those who lie to Congress to cover up his own misconduct and that the attorney general will join him in that effort,” Mr. Schiff said in a statement.
So how does that change things?
What specifically could they have done to "change" anything?
Should they have locked arms on the courthouse steps and done a presser? Seems like they chose a silent form of protest, and it appears to have ratcheted up the attention to this.
Seems like.
They should be at Nadler's house right now. At this point, have they done anything? Why does Sig think they're heroes based on what they've done so far.
If only Republicans had been warned that an acquitted Trump would feel and act unleashed in a ratcheting up of abuses of power.
Seems like.
They should be at Nadler's house right now. At this point, have they done anything? Why does Sig think they're heroes based on what they've done so far.
What they did was not minor.
Why? How does what they did make a difference? I’m not a lawyer. I understand it’s a personal sacrifice and will hurt their careers. But how will this help address the obvious corruption?
I understand it’s a personal sacrifice and will hurt their careers.