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Staffers there had informed the White House after the ABC interview was taped, but before it aired, that Barr had talked to the television network, but did not provide specifics, a person familiar with the matter said. The outside prosecutors Barr sent to the D. The review was first reported by the New York Times. Flynn was one of the early people to plead guilty in connection with special counsel Robert S. In recent weeks, the person said, Barr also relayed privately to Trump that his tweets were causing problems. Comey and McCabe. If the hand of a greater god should intervene, it will not be a gentle hand but the hand of evil consequences. The eventful day began — as many in Washington do now — with a Trump tweet. One Justice Department official said a prosecutor with the St. Attorney General William P. As a top law enforcement official, he authorized the FBI to begin investigating Trump personally for possible obstruction of justice in connection with the probe into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to influence the election. Michael R. The investigation was led by the D. Shortly thereafter, the Justice Department signaled that it would seek a more lenient sentence for Stone, a move that prompted the four career prosecutors to withdraw from the case — and one to resign from the government. But he said an attorney general would not listen to an order to investigate a political opponent. Josh Dawsey and Karoun Demirjian contributed to this report. Democratic lawmakers and legal analysts, though, remained wary of what Barr was up to, and one development Friday indicated he was far from a complete break with the president. Flynn and other sensitive national security and public corruption prosecutions in the U. Shea, a former Barr counselor. They began their work in recent weeks, coinciding with the transition of office leadership from former U. Liu to interim U. A day after Attorney General William P. Louis U. The move to decline prosecution was said to infuriate Trump, who has raged publicly and privately in recent months that McCabe and others he considers political enemies should be charged with crimes. Trump has publicly and privately raged in recent months about wanting investigations of those he sees as enemies, including former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, former FBI director James B. Share this:.{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} Attorney Timothy J. Adam Schiff D-Calif. The president quoted Barr from a television interview Thursday in which he asserted that the president had never asked him to do anything related to a criminal case. Louis — to review the handling of the criminal case against former Trump national security adviser Michael T. On Tuesday, Trump criticized as unduly harsh the initial sentencing recommendation of seven to nine years made by front-line prosecutors. Attorney Jessie K. Barr responded to comments made by President Trump ridiculing the Justice Department in an interview with ABC News on Feb. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}Seoul8h ago Times Pick As through a time machine, Trump has taken America back further in time, before its foundation, before the ideas of government that functions not at the whim of one person, back to the time of the rulers who, as Machiavelli described, used power absolutely, according to their will — not by laws and ideas. McCabe had authorized the bureau to investigate Trump in and has been a persistent target of presidential attacks. President Trump listens during a meeting in the Oval Office on Thursday. Just hours later, the department made a move that might be seen as exerting its independence, revealing that it would not charge former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe with lying to investigators about a media disclosure.