Aaron Zelinsky will testify before Congress about alleged political interference at the Justice Department.
A prosecutor who withdrew from the Roger Stone case after Justice Department leaders intervened to recommend a lighter sentence intends to testify before Congress that he and his colleagues were repeatedly pressured to cut Stone “a break,” and were told that it was because of his relationship with President Donald Trump.
“What I heard – repeatedly – was that Roger Stone was being treated differently from any other defendant because of his relationship to the President,” Aaron Zelinsky, one of four prosecutors who quit the case, plans to tell the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, according to his prepared testimony. “I was also told that the acting U.S. Attorney was giving Stone such unprecedentedly favorable treatment because he was ‘afraid of the President.'”
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A prosecutor who withdrew from the Roger Stone case after DOJ leaders intervened to recommend a lighter sentence intends to testify that he and his colleagues were pressured to cut Stone "a break" and were told it was because of his relationship with Trump https://t.co/nV49kKbyjN
— POLITICO (@politico) June 23, 2020
Let’s be clear, if Congress let’s Barr (and DC US Attorney Tim Shea) get away w/what AUSA Zelensky just revealed about them obstructing justice in the Stone case, it is a gut punch to EVERY DEFENDANT who is NOT connected or influential or powerful or wealthy or privileged!
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) June 23, 2020
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