Eric Swalwell got Barr to admit his intervention in Roger Stone case was one-of-a-kind

Attorney General Will Barr's testimony on the politicization of the Justice Department on Wednesday initially didn't result in many illuminating moments, but Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) did eventually manage to elicit a more revelatory response.

Swalwell asked Barr if he has ever intervened in a case aside from when the Justice Department revised its sentencing recommendation for President Trump's confidant Roger Stone, shortening it from seven to nine years to 40 months earlier this year. Barr said he couldn't recall another time, suggesting that Stone's case was indeed unique, and the apparent admission was viewed by some analysts as proof of departmental favoritism. Tim O'Donnell

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