Re: Things are getting very scary

Friend, Bill Barr's role as Attorney General is to defend fair, impartial and equal justice for all Americans. However, after his intervention on behalf of Trump's ally, Roger Stone, it's clear that he intends to use the Department of Justice as a tool to aid Trump's corruption. There are now [nine senators]( calling for Barr to resign due to his unethical political interference. Further, [1,100 former Justice Department lawyers]( are also raising the concern and calling for Barr's resignation because of the “grave threat to the fair administration of justice” his actions represent. In their statement, the lawyers make the following grim observation: “Governments that use the enormous power of law enforcement to punish their enemies and reward their allies are not constitutional republics; they are autocracies.” Daily Kos isn't just the nation's largest progressive, independent news outlet; we also provide our readers the tools to take immediate, impactful action on the news they are reading. For example, over 170,000 people have signed petitions demanding Barr be impeached, and that's just for starters. We are pushing our community to make calls to their U.S. senators to demand they join the call for Barr to resign. [Trump hasn't been humbled by impeachment. Instead, he has been emboldened to use all the means of the United States government for his own benefit. In this environment, it is more important than ever that progressive media gives you news you can do something about. But we can't do this without your help, and we are $13,969 away from our February fundraising goal. Can you give $5 today so we can continue fighting?]( Keep fighting, Amanda McKay, Daily Kos P.S. Below are the details of how Trump's creeping facism is transforming the Justice Department into a tool of his corruption --------------------------------------------------------------- Friend, things are getting very scary. The slow motion constitutional crisis that began with Trump's election is moving full speed ahead now. Just a week after Senate Republicans voted to acquit Trump of crimes that several GOP senators admitted he committed, Trump on Tuesday completed a total takeover of the American justice system that puts Trump and his supporters above the law for as long as they remain in power. [These are dark times, and opposition to this would-be dictator is more important now than ever before. Daily Kos is the country's largest progressive, independent news outlet. We've been working to hold Trump accountable since Day 1, and we won't stop until he and his enablers are defeated. Can you chip in $5 right now to help support our work?]( Here's what you need to know about Tuesday and Wednesday's stunning and terrifying events: - Federal prosecutors had recommended sentencing longtime Trump associate Roger Stone to seven to nine years in prison. Trump tweeted that this was unfair. - Just hours later, Trump Attorney General William Barr intervened in the case, instructing the Department of Justice to overrule the prosecutors in the case and reduce Stone's suggested sentence. - All four of the U.S. attorneys who had signed on to the sentencing recommendation have resigned, sending the strongest possible signal that things at the Justice Department are not normal. - Trump again took to Twitter, even more unhinged. He mocked the prosecutors and threatened to bring charges against them. He spread lies and conspiracy theories about them, their connections to Robert Mueller, and even accused Mueller of lying to Congress. - Barr has given up even pretending to be the country's top law enforcement officer, as NBC News reports he has "control of legal matters of personal interest to President Donald Trump." That includes persecution of Trump’s enemies, such as former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and protecting Trump allies such as Roger Stone and Michael Flynn. In the past 48 hours, Trump has fully transformed the Department of Justice from the country's top law enforcement agency into a personal and political instrument of Donald Trump. [Defeating Donald Trump and the Republican Party this fall is our last chance to save the rule of law. Please chip in $5 right now to support our work.]( Thank you, Mark Sumner, Daily Kos If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible. Sent via [ActionNetwork.org](. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Daily Kos, please [click here](.