The lead prosecutor in Roger Stone's criminal case abruptly resigned from the case on Tuesday after the Justice Department said it planned to reduce the recommended sentence for the longtime Trump associate. The Justice Department was pulling back on its request to sentence Stone to seven to nine years in prison after President Donald Trump blasted the sentencing proposal as "a miscarriage of justice." “The department finds the recommendation extreme and excessive and will clarify its position later today," a senior department official confirmed to NBC News. After the reports of the imminent softer sentencing recommendation, lead prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky...