Sen. Elizabeth Warren called for Attorney General William Barr to resign after the Justice Department recommended a shorter sentence for President Trump’s former political confidant Roger Stone.
“Americans of all political stripes should be gravely concerned about the corruption that pressures federal prosecutors to give sweetheart deals to criminals who do their crimes on behalf of Donald Trump,” Warren tweeted. “Congress must act immediately to rein in our lawless Attorney General. Barr should resign or face impeachment. And Congress should use spending power to defund the AG’s authority to interfere with anything that affects Trump, his friends, or his elections.”
Congress must act immediately to rein in our lawless Attorney General. Barr should resign or face impeachment. And Congress should use spending power to defund the AG’s authority to interfere with anything that affects Trump, his friends, or his elections.
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) February 12, 2020
Federal prosecutors initially told a judge this week that Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering, should serve at least five years in prison.
Barr intervened, telling a federal judge that the recommendation did not “accurately reflect” the crimes Stone committed, asking for a “much shorter” sentence.
Warren, who is running for president this year, has promised an independent DOJ task force to “investigate crimes by Trump administration officials.”
“Abusing official power to protect political friends and attack opponents is common in authoritarian regimes like Putin’s Russia,” she tweeted. “Trump and Barr’s conduct has no place in our democracy. To end it, Congress must act—and the American people must hold them accountable in November.”
