The president asserts that he has a “legal right” to ask the attorney general to intervene in a federal criminal case.
President Donald Trump insisted in a tweet Friday that he has a"legal right" to demand that Attorney General William Barr intervene in a federal criminal case — just hours after the Justice Department chief asserted that the president's social media posts"make it impossible for me to do my job."
The president's tweet represents the latest escalation in a controversy regarding the case against Roger Stone, Trump's longtime informal political adviser, that has consumed the Justice Department and provoked a rare display of public disapproval by Barr toward his boss. Following Trump's criticism, the Justice Department submitted a revised filing that offered no specific term for Stone's sentence but stated that the prosecutors' initial recommendation “could be considered excessive and unwarranted."
Barr confirmed Thursday that he had personally interceded to walk back Stone's stiff sentencing recommendation, but maintained that he did so hours before Trump tweeted his objection.
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