The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
“The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
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- SCOOP- The devices found near the RNC and DNC headquarters on Wednesday were actual explosive devices, not phonies, according to a senior federal law enforcement official briefed on the investigations.
- ONE senior federal law enforcement official says: 1-The FBI and DOJ concur with DNI Ratcliffe's assessment that Hunter Biden's laptop and emails in question were not part of a Russian disinformation campaign. 2-The FBI DOES have possession of the Hunter Biden laptop in question.
- Attorney General Bill Barr spoke to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in person today, after the National Peace Officers Memorial Service at the Capitol. A source close to Barr says he asked Pelosi if she had brought her handcuffs. There was laughter but no word on Pelosi's response.
- SCOOP - Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf is stepping down
- US Attorney John Durham, who AG Bill Barr tapped to investigate the origins of the Trump Russia probe, is expanding his team by adding additional prosecutors, and is making, “excellent progress,” according to a federal law enforcement official familiar with the situation
- Washington DC US Attorney Michael Sherwin said the actions of the Capitol Police, “made our job more difficult,” specifically not detaining suspects as they left the Capitol. “Why they weren't zip-tied as they left the building, I don’t know.” Said Mr. Sherwin.
- *** BREAKING *** Judge Ellis just revealed in open court that he has been threatened over the Manafort case and refused to reveal the names of jurors.
- Breaking - Biden WH National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, is "foreign policy advisor"referred to in the indictment of former Hillary Clinton Campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, per well-placed sources.
- Attorney General Bill Barr has tapped US Attorney John Bash (Texas) to review the practice of ‘unmasking’ before and after the 2016 presidential election. @KerriKupecDOJ said AG Barr determined certain aspects of ‘unmasking’ needed further review.
- Robby Mook, the Clinton Campaign Manager in 2016 said in court Friday that Hillary Clinton herself approved the idea of giving the Alfa Bank story to a reporter. “We told her we have this and we want to share it with a reporter. She agreed to that.” @BrookeSingman @davidspunt
- A Federal Law Enforcement Official says, “It's totally inappropriate for someone to demand we use law enforcement resources to investigate a 35 year old allegation when she won't go under oath and can't remember key details including when or where it happened.”
- U.S. Attorney John Durham - “I have the utmost respect for the mission of the Office of Inspector General and the comprehensive work that went into the report prepared by Mr. Horowitz and his staff. However, our investigation is not limited to developing information from within
- Judge Ellis to Special Counsel in US District Court today, “You don't really care about Mr. Manafort... What you really care about is what information Mr. Manafort could give you that would reflect on Mr. Trump or lead to his prosecution or impeachment, or whatever..." @FoxNews

