Powerful letter. From: 60 former federal prosecutors, all alumni of US Attorney's Office for DC To: Acting head of the office Tim Shea RE: Political interference of Barr, Trump; need to assert independence

2. The "letter was drafted independently by assistants to former U.S. attorneys Earl J. Silbert—an appointee of Richard Nixon ... and Thomas A. Flannery, another Nixon appointee..."#CountryOverParty

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) February 28, 2020

4. "Recent events in the last few weeks, which continue unabated as this letter is written, have created significant alarm and concern that the Office’s independence, devoid of political influence, is in grave and imminent peril."

- Alumni of the US Attorney's Office for DC

— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) February 28, 2020