Prosecutor Who Quit Over Roger Stone Case Blasts DOJ for Dropping Flynn Prosecution

A federal prosecutor who resigned over the Justice Department’s decision to recommend a lesser prison sentence for Roger Stone is blasting the department for its decision to drop the prosecution for Michael Flynn.

“I thought that the handling of the Stone case, with senior officials intervening to recommend a lower sentence for a longtime ally of President Trump, was a disastrous mistake that the department would not make again. I was wrong,” former prosecutor Jonathan Kravis wrote in an op-ed published in The Washington Post on Monday.

He continued, “I feel compelled to write because I believe that the department’s handling of these matters is profoundly misguided, because my colleagues who still serve the department are duty-bound to remain silent and because I am convinced that the department’s conduct in the Stone and Flynn cases will do lasting damage to the institution.”

Kravis first blasted the Justice Department’s decision to recommend a shorter sentence for Stone and explained his decision to resign, “I resigned because I was not willing to serve a department that would so easily abdicate its responsibility to dispense impartial justice.”

He noted that Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to investigators, “Nevertheless, after public criticism of the prosecution by the president, the department moved to dismiss Flynn’s case, claiming that new evidence showed that the plea had no basis.”

Kravis also slammed Attorney General William Barr for interviews where he “disparaged the work of prosecutors and agents” who were in charge of the cases against Stone and Flynn.