By Ross Todd | February 27, 2020
Although a Ninth Circuit panel upheld a federal judge's refusal to vacate the former Arizona sheriff's guilty verdict for criminal contempt in the wake of a 2017 pardon from President Donald Trump, Arpaio's lawyer said the ruling "gave us exactly what we asked for … that the judge's finding of guilt is legally meaningless."
By Marcia Coyle | February 24, 2020
Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen's high court argument follows a long tradition of attorneys general or their deputies making at least one appearance during their tenures. Rosen joined the Trump administration from Kirkland & Ellis.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | C. Ryan Barber | February 20, 2020
"He has not been prosecuted by his adversaries or anyone else's adversaries. He was not prosecuted by anyone to gain political advantage," Judge Amy Berman Jackson said.
By Mike Scarcella | February 19, 2020
"It is just not a natural or everyday thing to do—to pass judgment on people, to send them to prison or not," one federal appeals judge once remarked. Here's a look at how judges across courts have described the challenge of sentencing, as Roger Stone prepares to learn his fate.
By C. Ryan Barber | February 17, 2020
"In terms of morale, it's taken a hit. No one wants to see their colleagues feel compelled to withdraw or resign from the office," one longtime former leading assistant U.S. attorney in Washington said about the office in the aftermath of the Roger Stone sentencing controversy.
By C. Ryan Barber | February 13, 2020
"The four [assistant U.S. attorneys] assigned to the case did nothing wrong or improper, and their sentencing recommendation was consistent with what is regularly done in sentencing proceedings around the country," the group said.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | February 13, 2020
President Donald Trump has personally targeted U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is presiding over Roger Stone's case, ahead of Stone's sentencing next week.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | February 12, 2020
Former federal judges said Jackson would be within her rights to question DOJ about how to weigh its conflicting sentencing recommendations for the Trump ally.
By C. Ryan Barber | February 12, 2020
Michael Bromwich, a former U.S. Justice Department inspector general, tweeted a "memo to all career DOJ employees": "This is not what you signed up for. The four prosecutors who bailed on the Stone case have shown the way."
By Mike Scarcella | February 12, 2020
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump congratulated U.S. Attorney General William Barr for "taking charge" of the Roger Stone investigation. Former DOJ lawyers lambasted the department's move to retract the original sentencing memo, and they praised the four prosecutors who took a stand.
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