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NYC Bar Association Condemns Barr for Acting in Concert with Trump to Protect Roger Stone
by Jerry Lambe | 1:12 pm, February 13th, 2020
The New York City Bar Association on Wednesday issued a stinging rebuke of Attorney General William Barr and the Justice Department, expressing deep concerns about the impartial administration of justice with regards to former Trump advisor Roger Stones prosecution.
In a letter addressed to DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz and the leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the Bar Association warned that DOJs intervention in Stones sentencing recommendation reflected a disregard for the rule of law and posed a serious danger to the American criminal justice system.
Recent actions by the U.S. Attorneys Office for the District of Columbia, a component of the United States Department of Justice, raise serious questions about whether the Department of Justice is making prosecutorial decisions based not on neutral principles but in order to protect President [Donald] Trumps supporters and friends, the Bar Association wrote. In our criminal justice system, a single standard must apply to all who are accused or convicted of violating the lawunequal treatment based on political influence is to be deplored in all cases but is especially dangerous if it emanates from the presidency.
After recounting the events leading up to the resignation of the prosecutors assigned to Stones case, the Bar Association disabused lawmakers of the notion that the DOJs conduct was in any way aligned with normal operating procedures, referring to the recent developments as highly unusual and irregular.
The Department of Justice is not in the habit of taking one position in court and then, without explanation, taking a startling different position on the very next day, the Bar wrote. This sudden turnabout is itself disturbing. In addition, the Department of Justice is known for rarely asking the sentencing court to impose a sentence below the Guidelines range, other than when the defendant is a cooperating witness or when the defendants case presents unusual mitigating factors.
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NYC Bar Association Condemns Barr for 'Acting in Concert' with Trump to Protect Roger Stone [View all]
babylonsister
Feb 2020
OP
"Condemns." I'm sick of these weasely responses. They should have disbarred him.
Squinch
Feb 2020
#3
None that we know of to date. Too typical! At least though, that letter showed ....
MFGsunny
Feb 2020
#15