said, “In February, the Justice Department filed a sentencing memorandum, signed by all four prosecutors in the case, recommending a sentence of seven to nine years, within the range set by the U.S. sentencing guidelines. In my experience, the Justice Department staunchly defends sentences within the guidelines range, particularly for defendants (such as Stone) who are convicted at trial, and especially for defendants (such as Stone) who repeatedly demon-strate disrespect for the judicial system.”

The next morning, the president posted a tweet criticizing the sentencing recommendation as a “mis-carriage of justice.” Later that day, the Justice De-partment submitted a revised memo revoking the orig-inal recommendation and proposing that Stone re-ceive a much shorter sentence. <...

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