U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea’s role in Roger Stone sentencing storm remains in question

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.