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...Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., wants Attorney General William Barr to appear before the Senate to answer questions about why Justice Department officials went against their own prosecutors in asking for a shorter prison sentence for Trump ally Roger Stone.
..."The president is constantly tweeting out different requests of the Justice Department," she said.
...After the department indicated it would overrule the prosecutors, Trump tweeted congratulations to Barr "For taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have been brought," suggesting the prosecutors had gone rogue.
...The department insisted the decision to undo the sentencing recommendation was made Monday night, before Trump began tweeting about it, and that prosecutors had not spoken to the White House about it.
...Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday that he had spoken to the Justice Department and was told that their sentencing guidelines call for three and a half or four and a half years, instead of the seven to nine years the prosecutors had recommended.
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