BREAKING NEWS: Top Robert Mueller prosecutor Aaron S.J. Zelinsky resigns from the Roger Stone case, effective immediately, he tells the court in a filing.
[READ THE FILING: PDF LINK]
Zelinsky’s filing includes this footnote:
“The Court is advised that the undersigned attorney has resigned effective immediately after this filing as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for District of Columbia.”
He isn’t quitting the DoJ, but rather resigning from that role.
Wonder if this whole mess has anything to do with the DoJ, under pressure from Trump, stepping in in an unprecedented and lawless move today to shorten Roger Stone’s prison sentence (which has yet to be announced)?
Hmm.
So does Amy Berman Jackson have any discretion over Zelinsky's withdrawal?https://t.co/QCKTdP9Uvw pic.twitter.com/sI2J2A4crc
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 11, 2020
BREAKING In a one sentence court filing, former Mueller team prosecutor Aaron S.J. Zelinsky withdraws from Roger Stone prosecution in apparent protest to DOJ reversal/intervention in Trump prosecution sentencing. https://t.co/WKpyXEuw2B pic.twitter.com/93lL5Le4Bo
— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) February 11, 2020
Top Mueller prosecutor Aaron S.J. Zelinsky resigned from Roger Stone’s case, effective immediately, he told the court in a filing, after the Justice Department announced that it planned to change the recommendation to give Stone a lighter sentence, per @kpolantz
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 11, 2020
Wow, Mueller prosecutor Zelinsky withdraws from the Stone case AND includes this footnote(!):
"The Court is advised that the undersigned attorney has resigned effective immediately after this filing as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for District of Columbia" pic.twitter.com/TrNSo9qXeB
— Jeremy Herb (@jeremyherb) February 11, 2020
Aaron Zelinsky, a former Mueller prosecutor, has withdrawn from the Roger Stone case and "resigned effective immediately" as a special AUSA in District of Columbia:https://t.co/clPwEFv3fa pic.twitter.com/IJ623OyZFL
— kadhim (＾ｰ^)ノ (@kadhim) February 11, 2020
You knew that was coming. Main Justice is strong-arming the line prosecutors into cutting the president's buddy a lenient sentence. https://t.co/nWJxGvcuuK
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) February 11, 2020