Washington DCPoliticised justice: More than 2,000 former federal prosecutors
and Justice Department officials have publicly called for the US
attorney general, William Barr, to resign, after he controversially
intervened to lower his department’s sentencing recommendation
for Roger Stone. A long-time Republican campaigner and friend
of President Trump, Stone was due to be sentenced this week for
obstructing the probe into Russian interference in the 2016
election. Trump has publicly attacked the judge, prosecutors and
even jury members in the case for supposed bias – and publicly
congratulated Barr on his decision. Barr denies being pressured by
Trump, and last week, in a rare show of dissent, he called on the
president to stop “undercutting” him by tweeting about court
cases – saying it made it “impossible for me to do my job”.