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Federal judges' association calls emergency meeting after DOJ intervenes in case of Trump ally Roger Stone
USA TODAY Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY
,USA TODAY•February 17, 2020
WASHINGTON – A national association of federal judges has called an emergency meeting Tuesday to address growing concerns about the intervention of Justice Department officials and President Donald Trump in politically sensitive cases, the group’s president said Monday.
Philadelphia U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, who heads the independent Federal Judges Association, said the group “could not wait” until its spring conference to weigh in on a deepening crisis that has enveloped the Justice Department and Attorney General William Barr.
“There are plenty of issues that we are concerned about,” Rufe told USA TODAY. “We’ll talk all of this through.”
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There is a Federal Judges Association (about 1000 members)
The leader of the Association, Philadelphia U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe says: because of the growing concerns about the interventions of Justice Dept. officials & Pres. Trump in politically sensitive cases and the 'deepening crisis''' that has developed between the Justice Department and A.G Barr,
This can not wait, until the scheduled Spring conference , an emergency meeting is called.
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