By Paul Owen
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1.16pm GMT
Unbowed by the resignation of four prosecutors yesterday, Donald Trump continued to interfere in the sentencing of his friend Roger Stone this morning, tweeting congratulations to his attorney general for “taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have even been brought” (see earlier).
He also tweeted that Stone’s proposed sentence compared unfavorably to a shorter sentence handed down in 2018 to an unnamed “Swamp Creature”, thought to be a reference to James Wolfe, a former Senate staffer convicted of lying to the FBI.
Related: Trump praises Barr after prosecutors quit Roger Stone case
12.30pm GMT
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang dropped out of the Democratic race last night after a quixotic campaign that drew a small but devoted following (“the Yang Gang”) but failed to make significant progress. His signature policy was a promise to provide every American with a universal basic income of $1,000 a month. Here Daniel Strauss profiles the man who described himself as the “polar opposite of Donald Trump – an Asian man who likes to do math”.
Source: New Hampshire primary: Bernie Sanders beats Pete Buttigieg in tight race – live
