The prosecutors on Roger Stone's case withdrew en masse after senior DOJ officials publicly overruled them

Reuters

• All four prosecutors overseeing the US government's case against the longtime GOP strategist Roger Stone withdrew themselves from the case Tuesday after senior DOJ officials publicly overruled their sentencing recommendation for Stone.
• The shocking public rebuke came after President Donald Trump weighed in on the initial sentencing recommendation, calling it "horrible and unfair."
• The four prosecutors who subsequently withdrew after the DOJ's announcement are: Aaron Zelinsky, Jonathan Kravis, Adam Jed, and Michael Marando.
• The DOJ's new sentencing memo in Stone's case was signed only by John Crabb, Jr., the acting head of the criminal division of the US attorney's office in Washington, DC.
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All four of the prosecutors working on the US government's case against the longtime GOP strategist Roger Stone withdrew en masse on Tuesday after senior DOJ officials publicly overruled their sentencing recommendation for Stone.

In a filing on Monday, the prosecutors requested Stone be sentenced to seven to nine years in prison. He was convicted last year of seven felony counts of obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and false statements.

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