In a 1:48 am tweet Tuesday, President Donald Trump decried federal prosecutors' recommendation that a judge to sentence Trump's longtime political adviser Roger Stone to seven-to-nine years in prison. Within hours, Justice Department sources indicated that prosecutors would reverse course and instead propose a shorter prison sentence for Stone, according to several news outlets.
The Justice Department's senior leadership now believes that the initial recommendation was excessive and not proportional to Stone's crimes, Bloomberg reported, citing an unnamed official.
Justice Department recommends lighter sentence for Roger Stone after Trump tweet
Stone prosecutors resign following DOJ reversal.
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Here is the tweet:
The Mueller prosecutor now withdraws from the case and has resigned:
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