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House launches inquiry into potential interference by attorney general in Roger Stone case – live

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The House Judiciary Committee is launching a wide-ranging probe of attorney general William Barr and the US Justice Department, demanding briefings, documents and interviews with 15 officials – including the prosecutors who quit the Roger Stone case – as it tries to determine whether there has been improper political interference in federal law enforcement.

Committee chairman Jerrold Nadler, the Democratic congressman of New York, this morning sent Barr a letter listing a series of matters that the committee finds “deeply troubling,” the AP reports.

Breaking news: The House is asking the Department of Justice to present as witnesses the four career prosecutors who quit the legal case of Roger Stone after Donald Trump intervened to defend his convicted friend before his sentencing.

NEWS: The House is asking DOJ for interviews with the four career prosecutors who quit the Roger STONE case after Trump/Barr intervened.It’s part of a long list of witnesses sought by Nadler to investigate political interference at DOJ.https://t.co/6Nj1YFAWLG pic.twitter.com/rydW5sWToP

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