William Barr and Roger Stone Controversy
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Attorney General William Barr is scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee after the Justice Department intervened in Roger Stone’s sentencing recommendation.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Attorney General William P. Barr offered his first public comments Thursday regarding the Roger Stone case. Barr’s comments seem to be geared towards creating a narrative of independence and clarified that he made the controversial decision to overrule Stone’s original prosecutors’ recommendation before Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning in opposition to the recommendation.
A centrist article by NPR reports that President Trump hailed Barr on Wednesday for intervening in Roger Stone’s sentencing recommendation by tweeting, “Congratulations to Attorney General Bill Barr for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have been brought.” White House spokesman Hogan Gidley defended Trump’s tweet and stated that although Trump did not speak with Barr about Stone, “he has the right to have a conversation with the attorney general.”
A right-leaning article by The New York Post reports that Barr said Thursday that President Trump should stop tweeting about the Roger Stone case because the posts “make it impossible for me to do my job.” When asked if he expected blowback from the president, Barr said “of course,” because he is doing “what I think is the right thing to do” and wouldn’t be pressured by anyone, including Trump.
From the right
Barr says Trump’s tweets about Roger Stone case make it ‘impossible to do my job’
NY Post