All four government lawyers in the prosecution of longtime Trump confidante Roger Stone abruptly withdrew from the case on Tuesday, with one of them resigning outright, after the Justice Department moved to recommend a lighter prison sentence than the prosecutors had sought.

Aaron Zelinsky, who was a key deputy of former special counsel Robert Mueller, said in a filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that he was withdrawing as government counsel. Zelinsky had been specially assigned to the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. and will remain a department employee, returning to his position in Maryland.

He was joined shortly thereafter by Jonathan Kravis and Adam Jed, who told the court they too were leaving the case. Jed was a fellow member of Mueller's team and assigned to the U.S. Attorney's Office in D.C. Kravis is a career federal prosecutor who was not assigned the special counsel's investigation.

Stone was convicted in November of a seven-count indictment that accused him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the 2016 election.

Stone is scheduled to be sentenced next week.

He was the sixth Trump aide or adviser to be convicted of charges brought as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

(AP, CBS News)

 

 

 

All Four Federal Prosecutors Withdraw From Stone Case After DOJ Intervention

 

All Four Federal Prosecutors Withdraw From Stone Case After DOJ Intervention

 

All Four Federal Prosecutors Withdraw From Stone Case After DOJ Intervention

 

All Four Federal Prosecutors Withdraw From Stone Case After DOJ Intervention

 

 

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