The Justice Department's inspector general on Wednesday blamed 'ineffectual leadership' and not political interference for the softening of Roger Stone's sentencing recommendation in February 2020 after his conviction for lying to Congress.
The report upheld an account by then-Attorney General William P. Barr but also found that line prosecutors' suspicions of political meddling by President Donald Trump's administration were not unreasonable.
Some of them later said publicly that they believed they were undercut by department leaders to protect Trump's longtime ally.
After a four-year investigation, the office of Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said it found no evidence of political interference and instead...
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