Trump Scraps New Job for DOJ Lawyer Who Oversaw Stone Case

President Donald Trump on Wednesday withdrew the nomination of a former federal prosecutor to oversee sanctions at the Treasury Department.

Jessie Liu had been the U.S. attorney in charge of the office that prosecuted Roger Stone, a political ally of Trump. The decision to pull her nomination came after the Justice Department on Tuesday reduced its recommendation for the duration of Stone’s sentence, a reversal that followed a Trump tweet criticizing prosecutors’ initial recommendation as too harsh.

Jessie Liu

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Trump said on Tuesday that the initial seven-to-nine-year sentence prosecutors recommended for Stone was “an insult to our country.” Four prosecutors ...