Trump interference in Stone case triggers 'rule of law crisis': Maddow

Sanders wins close New Hampshire primary, Buttigieg and Klobuchar round out top three. [View in browser]( [Image]( FEBRUARY 11, 2020 Sen. Bernie Sanders [narrowly won the New Hampshire Democratic primary]( by a margin of about 4,000 votes, or less than 2 percentage points, over Pete Buttigieg, according to an NBC News projection. Sanders had been leading in the polls, so his victory wasn’t a surprise. But he and Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, were closely bunched with the third-place candidate, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, allowing all three to claim either victory or solid momentum going into the next round of voting. Andrew Yang, a New York businessman whose unusual presidential campaign rose to prominence with a plan to give Americans $1,000 a month, [dropped out of the race](. Addressing supporters in New Hampshire on Tuesday night, Yang said: "While there is great work left to be done, you know I am the math guy, and it is clear tonight from the numbers that we are not going to win this race." Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., is also [ending his presidential campaign](, sources tell NBC News. Bennet centered his campaign on issues of reforming democracy, tackling climate change and expanding on the Affordable Care Act with a public option. The entire team prosecuting Roger Stone [abruptly resigned]( from the criminal case on Tuesday after the Justice Department said it planned to reduce the recommended sentence for Stone, a longtime Trump associate. The Justice Department said it was pulling back on its request to sentence Stone to seven to nine years in prison after President Trump blasted it as "a miscarriage of justice." Jessie Liu, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., who supervised the case against Stone, was [abruptly removed from her position last month](. Liu had also presided over an inconclusive criminal investigation into former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe. Her removal was one of several recent actions by Attorney General William Barr as he sought to take control of legal matters of personal interest to President Trump, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. Trump also rescinded Liu’s nomination for a job as an undersecretary at the Treasury Department, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to NBC News. [According to Rachel Maddow:]( "A rule of law crisis, or what some people are calling 'a rule of law emergency' is unfolding in the incumbent administration.... The president, through his attorney general, is intervening in active criminal cases overseen by career prosecutors to favor his political allies. It's being reported not as a scandal, but just as the way Washington works now. All this creates stakes for the general election in November. This is a milestone day." IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: VIDEOS [Image]( [Sanders wins NH, but Buttigieg will get the same number of delegates]( NBC News projects that Bernie Sanders has won the NH primary, Pete Buttigieg came in second, and Amy Klobuchar will come in third. But Steve Kornacki explains how Buttigieg will get the same number of delegates as Sanders. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Image]( [Trump interference in Stone case triggers 'rule of law emergency']( Rachel Maddow reports on the DOJ overruling of the front line prosecutors in the Roger Stone case after a complaint by Donald Trump. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Image]( [N.H. voter: I voted for Sanders because of media's ‘cynical’ coverage of him]( Ari Melber speaks with voters in New Hampshire, asking them who they voted for in Tuesday's primary and why. One voter shares her criticism of media coverage of the 2020 race. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( MORE VIDEOS Bernie Sanders after NH primary win: Dems will unite to beat Trump ([Video]() Sen. Klobuchar, headed for third place in New Hampshire, touts support of moderates, independents ([Video]() Steve Kornacki: Exit polls show debate influenced nearly half of Dem. voters in New Hampshire ([Video]() Bloomberg supporter on unearthed stop-and-frisk comments ([Ali Velshi]() Democrats look ahead to more diverse states of Nevada and South Carolina ([Video]() Trump attacks on criminal cases may be setting stage for pardons ([Rachel Maddow]() QUOTE OF THE DAY “[The president of the United States— who not even a week ago was acquitted of abuse of power— has been on a post-impeachment retaliation spree. A purge. And now he is taking a step further by interfering in the criminal prosecution of his long-time friend and adviser Roger Stone. What happened today was a fundamental, serious, disturbing breakdown in the basic rule of law and independence of the Justice Department.](” —Chris Hayes ([Video]() YOUR EMAILS Some of the emails and thoughts you've shared with us: The Democrats are only looking at the Presidential race. They need to think also about the Senate and House races. Wonder what would happen if the media said nothing about Trump for a month. He would go nuts. —SylviaC Explain if Hunter Biden and Joe Biden are under investigation for conflicts of interest and corruption, why is there never any mention about the Trump kids and son-in-law and their conflicts of interest? I see no one challenging that. Thanks. —Kathleen S. Thank you Chris Hayes for telling us in plain English what Trump is and is not. I hope all Americans hear what Mr Hayes has to say and that all candidates repeat all the ugliness and cruelty that comes from not only Trump but all of his minions. The damage inflicted on our country is staggering and will continue as long as he is in office and has a complicit Senate. The answer is every Democrat must vote in November no matter who is our nominee. —Mary T., Bartlett, Illinois Tell us what you think of the news. [Drop us an e-mail.](mailto:msnbc.digital.editors@nbcuni.com?subject=MSNBC Daily) We occasionally publish letters to the editor. This newsletter was prepared for you by Sam Go and Stephanie Siek. Check out ["The Day That Was,"]( our primetime video recap. Were you forwarded this email from a friend? [Subscribe to the MSNBC Daily here](. [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily) [So You Wanna Be President With Chris Matthews]( is MSNBC’s newest podcast that breaks down the six most important lessons learned from presidential campaigns that win. 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