Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press for Barr to Step Down More than 1,100 former prosecutors and officials who served in Republican and Democratic administrations signed an open letter condemning the president and the attorney general over the Stone case.
By Katie Benner Feb. 16, 2020 Updated 9:50 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON — More than 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials called on Attorney General William P. Barr on Sunday to step down after he intervened last week to lower the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr.
They also urged current government employees to report any signs of unethical behavior at the Justice Department to the agency’s inspector general and to Congress.
“Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr ’s interference in the fair administration of justice,” the former Justice Department lawyers, who came from across the political spectrum, wrote in an open letter on Sunday. Those actions, they said, “require Mr. Barr to resign.”
The sharp denunciation of Mr. Barr underlined the extent of the fallout over the case of Mr. Stone, capping a week that strained the attorney general’s relationship with his rank and file, and with the president himself.
A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.
After prosecutors on Monday recommended a prison sentence of up to nine years for Mr. Stone, who was convicted of obstructing a congressional inquiry, Mr. Trump lashed out at federal law enforcement. Senior officials at the department, including Mr. Barr, overrode the recommendation the next day with a more lenient one, immediately prompting accusations of political interference, and the four lawyers on the Stone case abruptly withdrew in protest.
The Justice Department said the case had not been discussed with anyone at the White House, but that Mr. Trump congratulated Mr. Barr on his decision did little to dispel the perception of political influence. And as the president widened his attacks on law enforcement, Mr. Barr publicly reproached the president, saying that Mr. Trump’s statements undermined him, as well the department.
“I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background commentary that undercuts me,” Mr. Barr said during a televised interview on Thursday with ABC News.
In the days after the interview, Mr. Trump has been relatively muted. He said on Twitter that he had not asked Mr. Barr to “do anything in a criminal case.” As president, he added, he had “the legal right to do so” but had “so far chosen not to!”
But lawyers across the Justice Department continue to worry about political interference from the president despite public pushback by Mr. Barr, long considered a close ally of Mr. Trump’s.
Protect Democracy, a nonprofit legal group, gathered the signatures from Justice Department alumni and said it would collect more.
In May, Protect Democracy gathered signatures for a letter that said the Mueller report presented enough evidence to charge Mr. Trump with obstruction of justice were that an option. At the close of his investigation, the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III declined to indicate whether Mr. Trump illegally obstructed justice, citing a decades- old department opinion that a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime. That letter was also critical of Mr. Barr.
Even as the lawyers condemned Mr. Barr on Sunday, they said they welcomed his rebuke of Mr. Trump and his assertions that law enforcement must be independent of politics.
But Mr. Barr’s “actions in doing the president’s personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words,” they said.
The letter comes days after some Democratic senators pressed for Mr. Barr to resign, and after the New York City Bar Association said that it had formally reported the attorney general’s behavior to the Justice Department’s inspector general.
Strikingly, the lawyers called upon current department employees to be on the lookout for future abuses and to be willing to bring oversight to the department.
“Be prepared to report future abuses to the inspector general, the Office of Professional Responsibility, and Congress,” they wrote, and “to refuse to carry out directives that are inconsistent with their oaths of office.”
Prosecutors who currently work at the department should withdraw from cases that involve abuses or political interference, the lawyers said.
As a last resort, they asked Justice Department employees “to resign and report publicly — in a manner consistent with professional ethics — to the American people the reasons for their resignation.”
【 在 lmh (Low, Medium, High) 的大作中提到: 】 : NYT的这篇文章谎话连篇，签名的有的根本不是律师，有的为了显示自己高贵，在曾任 : 最高职务一栏不填职务，而是填工资级别 (payscale)；那封公开信也是谎话连篇。 : 1100 前雇员算多吗？现正式雇员就有11万多。 : http://medium.com/@dojalumni/doj-alumni-statement-on-the-events-surrounding-the-sentencing-of-roger-stone-c2cb75ae4937 : Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press for Barr to Step Down : More than 1,100 former prosecutors and officials who served in Republican : and Democratic administrations signed an open letter condemning the : president and the attorney general over the Stone case. : By Katie Benner : Feb. 16, 2020 : ...................
【 在 lmh (Low, Medium, High) 的大作中提到: 】 : NYT的这篇文章谎话连篇，签名的有的根本不是律师，有的为了显示自己高贵，在曾任 : 最高职务一栏不填职务，而是填工资级别 (payscale)；那封公开信也是谎话连篇。 : 1100 前雇员算多吗？现正式雇员就有11万多。 : http://medium.com/@dojalumni/doj-alumni-statement-on-the-events-surrounding-the-sentencing-of-roger-stone-c2cb75ae4937 : Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press for Barr to Step Down : More than 1,100 former prosecutors and officials who served in Republican : and Democratic administrations signed an open letter condemning the : president and the attorney general over the Stone case. : By Katie Benner : Feb. 16, 2020 : ...................
NYT的这篇文章谎话连篇，签名的有的根本不是律师，有的为了显示自己高贵，在曾任
最高职务一栏不填职务，而是填工资级别 (payscale)；那封公开信也是谎话连篇。
1100 前雇员算多吗？现正式雇员就有11万多。
http://medium.com/@dojalumni/doj-alumni-statement-on-the-events-surrounding-the-sentencing-of-roger-stone-c2cb75ae4937
Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press for Barr to Step Down
More than 1,100 former prosecutors and officials who served in Republican
and Democratic administrations signed an open letter condemning the
president and the attorney general over the Stone case.
By Katie Benner
Feb. 16, 2020
Updated 9:50 a.m. ET
WASHINGTON — More than 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice
Department officials called on Attorney General William P. Barr on Sunday to step down after he intervened last week to lower the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s longtime friend Roger J.
Stone Jr.
They also urged current government employees to report any signs of
unethical behavior at the Justice Department to the agency’s inspector
general and to Congress.
“Each of us strongly condemns President Trump’s and Attorney General Barr
’s interference in the fair administration of justice,” the former Justice Department lawyers, who came from across the political spectrum, wrote in
an open letter on Sunday. Those actions, they said, “require Mr. Barr to
resign.”
The sharp denunciation of Mr. Barr underlined the extent of the fallout over the case of Mr. Stone, capping a week that strained the attorney general’s relationship with his rank and file, and with the president himself.
A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.
After prosecutors on Monday recommended a prison sentence of up to nine
years for Mr. Stone, who was convicted of obstructing a congressional
inquiry, Mr. Trump lashed out at federal law enforcement. Senior officials
at the department, including Mr. Barr, overrode the recommendation the next day with a more lenient one, immediately prompting accusations of political interference, and the four lawyers on the Stone case abruptly withdrew in
protest.
The Justice Department said the case had not been discussed with anyone at
the White House, but that Mr. Trump congratulated Mr. Barr on his decision
did little to dispel the perception of political influence. And as the
president widened his attacks on law enforcement, Mr. Barr publicly
reproached the president, saying that Mr. Trump’s statements undermined him, as well the department.
“I cannot do my job here at the department with a constant background
commentary that undercuts me,” Mr. Barr said during a televised interview
on Thursday with ABC News.
In the days after the interview, Mr. Trump has been relatively muted. He
said on Twitter that he had not asked Mr. Barr to “do anything in a
criminal case.” As president, he added, he had “the legal right to do so” but had “so far chosen not to!”
But lawyers across the Justice Department continue to worry about political interference from the president despite public pushback by Mr. Barr, long
considered a close ally of Mr. Trump’s.
Protect Democracy, a nonprofit legal group, gathered the signatures from
Justice Department alumni and said it would collect more.
In May, Protect Democracy gathered signatures for a letter that said the
Mueller report presented enough evidence to charge Mr. Trump with
obstruction of justice were that an option. At the close of his
investigation, the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III declined to
indicate whether Mr. Trump illegally obstructed justice, citing a decades-
old department opinion that a sitting president cannot be charged with a
crime. That letter was also critical of Mr. Barr.
Even as the lawyers condemned Mr. Barr on Sunday, they said they welcomed
his rebuke of Mr. Trump and his assertions that law enforcement must be
independent of politics.
But Mr. Barr’s “actions in doing the president’s personal bidding
unfortunately speak louder than his words,” they said.
The letter comes days after some Democratic senators pressed for Mr. Barr to resign, and after the New York City Bar Association said that it had
formally reported the attorney general’s behavior to the Justice Department’s inspector general.
Strikingly, the lawyers called upon current department employees to be on
the lookout for future abuses and to be willing to bring oversight to the
department.
“Be prepared to report future abuses to the inspector general, the Office
of Professional Responsibility, and Congress,” they wrote, and “to refuse to carry out directives that are inconsistent with their oaths of office.”
Prosecutors who currently work at the department should withdraw from cases that involve abuses or political interference, the lawyers said.
As a last resort, they asked Justice Department employees “to resign and
report publicly — in a manner consistent with professional ethics — to the American people the reasons for their resignation.”
口糜 这么著名的DOJ前律师竟然不签名！
【 在 lmh (Low, Medium, High) 的大作中提到: 】
: NYT的这篇文章谎话连篇，签名的有的根本不是律师，有的为了显示自己高贵，在曾任
: 最高职务一栏不填职务，而是填工资级别 (payscale)；那封公开信也是谎话连篇。
: 1100 前雇员算多吗？现正式雇员就有11万多。
: http://medium.com/@dojalumni/doj-alumni-statement-on-the-events-surrounding-the-sentencing-of-roger-stone-c2cb75ae4937
: Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press for Barr to Step Down
: More than 1,100 former prosecutors and officials who served in Republican : and Democratic administrations signed an open letter condemning the
: president and the attorney general over the Stone case.
: By Katie Benner
: Feb. 16, 2020
: ...................
一堆垃圾，搞不到真凭实据就搞这种
【 在 lmh (Low, Medium, High) 的大作中提到: 】
: NYT的这篇文章谎话连篇，签名的有的根本不是律师，有的为了显示自己高贵，在曾任
: 最高职务一栏不填职务，而是填工资级别 (payscale)；那封公开信也是谎话连篇。
: 1100 前雇员算多吗？现正式雇员就有11万多。
: http://medium.com/@dojalumni/doj-alumni-statement-on-the-events-surrounding-the-sentencing-of-roger-stone-c2cb75ae4937
: Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press
这么overwhelming，impeach志在必得
【 在 lmh (Low, Medium, High) 的大作中提到: 】
: NYT的这篇文章谎话连篇，签名的有的根本不是律师，有的为了显示自己高贵，在曾任
: 最高职务一栏不填职务，而是填工资级别 (payscale)；那封公开信也是谎话连篇。
: 1100 前雇员算多吗？现正式雇员就有11万多。
: http://medium.com/@dojalumni/doj-alumni-statement-on-the-events-surrounding-the-sentencing-of-roger-stone-c2cb75ae4937
: Former Justice Dept. Lawyers Press for Barr to Step Down
: More than 1,100 former prosecutors and officials who served in Republican : and Democratic administrations signed an open letter condemning the
: president and the attorney general over the Stone case.
: By Katie Benner
: Feb. 16, 2020
: ...................
辞职的那四个Obama admin carry over也可以声称是served in Republican
administration吧？
老川刚上台时，三百多经济学家，包括诺奖得主，说经济立马崩溃。
滥竽充数的家伙，吃饭没那么容易了，就嚷嚷
还有几百精神科医生呐，被肏嗨了
这次 抠糜 真萎了，都两千多签名了，还没见到他的。想当年早就不是检察官了，做为FBI的头儿，就能不向DOJ报告调查结果，自己开记者招待会，宣布没有”检察官“会起诉。
专业不算lawyer还真不少，其中有个在DOJ工作过的会计。