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Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are asking Chairman Lindsey Graham to investigate potential political interference at the Justice Department, and to call Attorney General William Barr to testify. The Justice Department s mission to ensure fair and impartial justice for all Americans requires that its prosecutorial decisions remain free from political influence, all ten Democrats on the committee, led by Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, wrote in a letter to Graham on Thursday. It s becoming clear that this is not happening. That s why the Judiciary Committee should investigate involvement of political appointees in this and other cases and hear directly from Attorney General Barr. The letter comes after the Justice Department overruled prosecutors sentencing recommendation in the case of Roger Stone, a Trump associate convicted of obstructing Congres stanley bottles s. The department s intervention came after Mr. Trump sent a tweet criticizing the prosecutors recommendation of seven to nine years in prison. Mr. Trump appeared to confirm that Barr intervened directly in Stone s case in a tweet on Wednesdayt stanley thermos hanking Barrfor taking charge of a case. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer had already made the case on Wednesday that Barr s actions should be investigated, but Graham was unmoved. I don t think any of us should tweet about stanley cup an ongoing case, but having said that, I appreciate the Department of Justice, making sure that their recomm Tkju Kasich pre-debate: I ve about had it with these people; Carson on silly attacks
By Bonnie Erbe, Thomas Jefferson Street blogThe Republican Party s selection of former Md. Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele as party chief is almost as historic as the Democrats nomination of Barack Obama as the party s presidential candidate not his election, just his nomination . But unlike President Obama, who has served to draw m stanley water jug any independents and even a smattering of Democrats into the fold and who broadened the Democrats membership and popularity, my guess is Steele will do little or nothing of the same for the GOP.Interviewed on Fox News this past Sunday, Steele was asked what his number one task would be as party chair. He said, in essence, that it would be to get the party back to its grassroots th stanley cups uk eme of smaller government and presumably lower taxes . While that is clearly one large chunk of what the party must do to end its current freefall from a national party into a regional party of ultra-conservative Southerners and Rocky Mountain Westerners stanley termosar , it is a far cry from what the party must do to regain the White House and Congress. Interviewer Chris Wallace pressed hard, asking Steele to name one new thing he would do to change the party position on major issues, and Steele mentioned a combination of education programs i.e. school vouchers and work on healthcare. Neither of these issues are new concerns to the GOP. Wasn t George H.W. Bush the education president either before or after he was the environmental pre |
