Former US Justice officials call for Barr's resignation

Over a thousand former Justice Department officials have signed a statement calling on Donald Trump's attorney general to resign over his interference in the sentencing of the president's friend and ally Roger Stone. The statement, circulating online Sunday, accused Trump and Attorney General William Barr of "openly and repeatedly" flouting the bedrock principle of evenhanded, non-partisan application of the law. "A person should not be given special treatment in a criminal prosecution because t