From Robert Muellers russia probe. But today, a Senior Justice Department official told cnn this, quote, the department was shock coued to see the sentenci recommendation, this is not what had been briefed to the department. The department believes the recommendation is extreme and excessive and is grossly disproportionate to stones offenses. The Justice Department further saying it will, quote, clarify its position with the court later today. All of this is coming just hours after the president as i mentioned angrily tweeted about stones sentencing recommendation. This is what he wrote. This a horrible and very unfair situation. The real crimes were on the other side as nothing happens to them. Cannot allow this miscarriage of justice. So lets dive in with cnn crime and justice reporter, shimon crow ka pez and legal analyst ann melgram. This is the doj sharply criticizinge ing the doj. Youre absolutely right. This just doesnt happen. What this shows us is you have line assistants, u.
In manchester, New Hampshire, and tell us about the new National Poll for democrats. Yes, this is, wolf, a reshuffling of the Democratic Candidates for the nomination. You see Bernie Sanders is surging to the top there and overtaking joe biden and as you mentioned the surprising third place for Michael Bloomberg, and a National Poll, but it is trend lines that we can read into there. And back on the ground in New Hampshire, we are one day away from the primary day and the attacks are becoming increasingly direct. Reporter one day before tuesdays primary the elbows are sharp in New Hampshire. This guy is not a barack obama. Well, he is right, i am not, and neither is he, and neither is any of us running for president. This is not 2008, but it is 2020. Reporter on the heels of the strong showing in iowa, mayor Pete Buttigieg is taking heat from joe biden and senator Bernie Sanders. Biden is targeting buttigiegs experience and releasing a blistering ad over the weekend. When president oba
Angered President Trump, because he has attacked him publicly. And now, the attorney general says that he has the legal right to interfere in the attorney gener generals justice cases. So our analysts are standing by to discuss. First, i want to bring in evan perez. And evan, two major developments from the Justice Department tonight, and tell us what you are learning. One of them, brianna is this fact that the Justice Department is now doing a review of this case against Michael Flynn. You remember that Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty in 2017, and he has been awaiting sentencing since then, and more recently in recent months he fired his lawyers and changed the legal team, and waging a campaign arguing that he actually never lied to the fbi. That is what he pleaded guilty to. He says that essentially he was the victim of prosecutors of the fbi who were out to get him, and out to get President Trump. This is a case that is sort of garnering some sympathy from the president , and some
Of a new cnn poll released. And the impeachment trial is going to govr what the senators can and cannot do in the proceeding that is starting tomorrow. Im wolf blitzer, and you are in the situationm room. On the eve of president trumps historic trial, they are calling on the senators to move swiftly on the impeachment articles against him. They are calling the process flimsy and a charade. And the House Democrats are responding to the white house impeachment brief saying that the president s assertion that the impeachment articles are constitutionally invalid is quote chilling and dead wrong. And democrats are angry that the resolution detailing the trial procedures has not yet been released. A spokesman for the the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is declining to comment or explain why he has not unveiled the proposal yet. Today, the house impeachment managers and president s lawyers are doing a walk through to the chamber to see the physical arrangements for what is only the third pre
Hello again. Thank you for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. We begin with breaking news. A federal judge now ruling former National Security adviser john boltons book can hit store shelves blocking a Trump Administration push to stop its release. This as another legal faceoff is unfolding. U. S. Attorney general bill barr making a latenight announcement that Southern District of new york prosecutor Jeffrey Berman would be stepping down. But berman is disputing the claim saying he has no intentions of leaving. Bermans office has been in charge of prosecuting several of President Trumps allies. All of this just hours before the president takes the stage in tulsa, oklahoma, for his first rally in months. Crowds of people cramming together for his appearance, even as Health Officials warn it could turn into a super spreader event. Lets start with Kristen Holmes at the white house. President trump already lashing out over the bolton book release. Unsurprisingly doing so on twitter. First