Barr breaks the DOJ

Sen. Bernie Sanders cements his frontrunner status with a victory in New Hampshire; prosecutors quit over DOJ interference in Roger Stone sentencing. Tonight's Sentences was written by Cameron Peters. TOP NEWS Sanders claims victory in New Hampshire [Bernie Sanders surrounded by supporters.]( Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images - On Tuesday night, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the New Hampshire primary, solidifying his status as a frontrunner for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president. [[NPR / Scott Detrow and Deirdre Walsh](] - Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, took second; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar finished third. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden finished fourth and fifth, respectively, out of delegate contention. [[CBS News / Grace Segers, Kathryn Watson, and Caroline Linton](] - Klobuchar was perhaps the biggest surprise of the night: She rode a late surge in the polls to an unexpectedly strong finish that may give her campaign a new lease on life. [[NYT / Nick Corasaniti](] - Some candidates saw the writing on the wall in New Hampshire: Entrepreneur Andrew Yang and Sen. Michael Bennet both ended their bids on Tuesday night. [[CNN / Eric Bradner, Dan Merica, and Gregory Krieg](] - Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick also called it quits on Wednesday morning. His departure leaves just eight candidates in the race. [[AP / Alexandra Jaffe](] - The primary is on to Nevada next: The Silver State will hold its caucuses on Saturday, February 22, and candidates will face a new test as they leave disproportionately white Iowa and New Hampshire behind. [[Nevada Independent / Megan Messerly](] - Before Nevadans weigh in, though, there's another debate on February 19 in Las Vegas. Five candidates — Sanders, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Warren, and Biden — have qualified to date. [[Washington Post / Kevin Uhrmacher and Kevin Schaul](] - Despite his momentum from Iowa and New Hampshire, not everything may be smooth sailing for Sanders going into Nevada: The state's powerful Culinary Union, which has some 60,000 members, launched a broadside against his Medicare-for-all plan this week in a flyer detailing candidate policies. [[Vox / Li Zhou](] - Biden, meanwhile, has turned his focus to South Carolina after a pair of punishing early-state losses. The former veep hopes his support with African American voters in the state will be enough to reignite his candidacy ahead of the all-important Super Tuesday contests in early March. [[Post and Courier / Jamie Lovegrove](] - While Sanders remains the statistical favorite for the nomination after two strong showings, FiveThirtyEight reminds us that a contested convention — where no candidate has a majority of delegate support — is an increasing possibility in a fragmented Democratic field. Fun! [[FiveThirtyEight / Nate Silver](] Correction: The Monday edition of Sentences misstated the dollar amount of President Trump's latest budget proposal. It is $4.8 trillion, not $4.8 billion. DOJ interference prompts prosecutors to quit en masse - After the Justice Department took the unusual step of intervening in the sentencing of Trump confidant Roger Stone on Tuesday, all four prosecutors chose to quit the case. One, Jonathan Kravis, went a step further and quit the DOJ outright. [[NYT / Katie Benner, Sharon LaFraniere, and Adam Goldman](] - The DOJ’s interference in the Stone case is just the latest move by Attorney General Bill Barr to assert his influence over legal issues pertaining to President Trump. [[NBC News / Carol E. Lee, Ken Dilanian, and Peter Alexander](] - Trump railed against the initial Stone sentencing recommendation and voiced his support for Barr on Twitter this week, raising concerns that the DOJ’s intervention was “politicized obeisance” to the president. [[Twitter / Charlie Savage](] - Sen. Kamala Harris, who said the department's actions called into question “the independence and integrity of our legal system,” requested Tuesday that Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham summon Barr to testify before the committee. [[Politico / Marianne LeVine](] - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter to the DOJ inspector general demanding that the DOJ's internal watchdog mount an investigation into the decision to interfere. [[CBS News / Melissa Quinn](] - On Tuesday, the president also pulled the nomination to a Treasury Department position of the US attorney who led the office that prosecuted Stone. Jessie Liu had been under consideration as undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes at Treasury. [[Axios / Jonathan Swan and Zachary Basu](] MISCELLANEOUS Andrew Yang might be out of the presidential race, but that doesn’t mean he’s done with politics. [[Atlantic / Edward-Isaac Dovere](] - There might only be one champion at the Westminster Dog Show, but they’re all good dogs. [[NYT / Benjamin Hoffman and Sam Youkilis](] - From June 2019 and as relevant as ever: Why the Nevada caucuses matter. [[Vox / Ella Nilsen](] - A DC statehood bill is headed to the House floor. [[Washington Post / Jenna Portnoy](] VERBATIM “A big reason lots of black voters were with Biden is they thought he was the best person to beat Trump. And they thought one reason for that is that he had the support of white voters. Now they see he has done so poorly with white voters and he no longer looks like the electability candidate.” [[Quentin James, executive director of the Collective PAC, on Joe Biden’s “firewall” with black voters / Politico](] LISTEN TO THIS [New Hampshire felt the Bern.]( New Hampshire felt the Bern. [[Spotify / Sean Rameswaram, Ella Nilsen, and Matthew Yglesias](] [Read more from Vox](#) [Bernie Sanders got more young voters in New Hampshire than everyone else combined]( [Why Airbnb is suddenly struggling to make money]( [This could be the blueprint for LGBTQ protections in the South]( [Our phones can now detect health problems from Parkinson’s to depression. Is that a good thing?]( [“This is not the bat’s fault”: A disease expert explains where the coronavirus likely comes from]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Manage your [email preferences](, or [unsubscribe]( to stop receiving all emails from Vox. 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