Less than two weeks on the job, the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, Timothy J. Shea, has stepped into the middle of a political firestorm.
Taking over an office that is overseeing high-profile cases involving President Trump’s friends, self-declared enemies and former advisers — including Roger Stone, former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe and former national security adviser Michael Flynn — Shea has played a central role in the crisis over whether the White House has interfered with the independence of the Justice Department’s prosecutions.
Questions about Shea’s role broke open this week in a controversy surrounding the sentencing recommendation for Stone, one of Trump’s longtime friends. Continue reading.