Objectively intelligent.

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Originally Posted by LessinSF

The prosecutors argued for the upward departure for witness tampering apparently believing it was a credible threat. Stone was and is free to argue it wasn't credible. The judge would have, and will, decide. All the DOJ achieved with its revised sentencing request was to alienate its own prosecutors and undermine its credibility. But Barr did mollify his master.

LessinSF

Exactly