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In a supine interview to help Bill Barr rehabilitate his reputation, Lester Holt asked the former Attorney General about intervening to lessen Roger Stones sentence. According to the summary thus far posted, Barr claims it was made to look bad, but really he just thought it was right to halve the sentencing recommendation for the guy hiding the Presidents knowledge of Russian interference during the 2016 election.
As for his decision to soften a prison sentence for longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone that Trump had repeatedly blasted as unfair, Barr said: I knew it would be made to look bad. At the end of the day, all you can do is what you think is right.
Barrs intervention was an ominous precursor to the January 6 riot. In slashing Stones sentencing recommendation, Barr affirmatively said that threats by Roger Stone and the Proud Boys on judge Amy Berman Jackson were just a technicality unworthy of a sentencing enhancement. He similarly suggested that the threat of militia violence against Randy Credico that, in summer 2018, was serious enough that the FBI gave him a warning, did not merit a full 8-point enhancement for threats of violence.
Less than a year before two Stone-connected militias led an attack on Congress, the Attorney General let it be known he didnt find those threats to be all that serious.
https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/03/07/the-whole-idea-was-to-intimidate-congress-bill-barr-continues-to-minimize-witness-tampering/
So... Barr admits the intent of sending the crowd was to intimidate congress yet... He sees no crime in that... WTF? Barr was and remains a criminal who was an active participant in the insurrection as well as other crimes. Now that Joshua James has flipped, Stone is in the sights of the DOJ and I really hope when they flip Stone, Barr is brought down right alongside TFG.
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(25,896 posts)The book comes out tomorrow.
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(90,225 posts)... open as if its not.