Four Roger Stone prosecutors resigned on Tuesday after the Justice Department backed off its earlier sentencing recommendation. The DOJ reversed its previous recommendation that Stone, a longtime adviser to President Trump, receive seven to nine years in prison following his seven-count conviction last year for lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing a House investigation into possible coordination between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. Trump had criticized the possible sentence, calling it a "horrible and very unfair situation." The DOJ pivoted to call the sentence "grossly disproportionate," spurring all four prosecutors to resign from the case. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Zelinsky withdrew from Stone's case but will remain with the DOJ, while Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jonathan Kravis, Adam Jed, and Michael Marando resigned altogether.

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