Top Mueller prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky resigns from Roger Stone case, and Special Assistant United States Attorney, 'effective immediately'

BREAKING NEWS: Top Robert Mueller prosecutor Aaron S.J. Zelinsky resigns from the Roger Stone case, effective immediately, he tells the court in a filing.

[READ THE FILING: PDF LINK]

Zelinsky's filing includes this footnote:

"The Court is advised that the undersigned attorney has resigned effective immediately after this filing as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for District of Columbia."

He isn't quitting the DoJ, but rather resigning from that role.

Wonder if this whole mess has anything to do with the DoJ, under pressure from Trump, stepping in in an unprecedented and lawless move today to shorten Roger Stones prison sentence (which has yet to be announced)?

Hmm.

So does Amy Berman Jackson have any discretion over Zelinsky's withdrawal?https://t.co/QCKTdP9Uvw pic.twitter.com/sI2J2A4crc

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 11, 2020

BREAKING In a one sentence court filing, former Mueller team prosecutor Aaron S.J. Zelinsky withdraws from Roger Stone prosecution in apparent protest to DOJ reversal/intervention in Trump prosecution sentencing. https://t.co/WKpyXEuw2B pic.twitter.com/93lL5Le4Bo

— Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) February 11, 2020

Top Mueller prosecutor Aaron S.J. Zelinsky resigned from Roger Stones case, effective immediately, he told the court in a filing, after the Justice Department announced that it planned to change the recommendation to give Stone a lighter sentence, per @kpolantz

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 11, 2020

Wow, Mueller prosecutor Zelinsky withdraws from the Stone case AND includes this footnote(!):

"The Court is advised that the undersigned attorney has resigned effective immediately after this filing as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for District of Columbia" pic.twitter.com/TrNSo9qXeB