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On 01-04-11, ROSS SAUER said to TIM RICHARDSON:




TR> When armed thugs stand at a polling place intimidating voters who
TR> arrive to cast their ballots, and the U.S. Justice department's
TR> Attorney General doesn't even deign to investigate, that needs to be
TR> investigated by Congress.


RS>One thug.


RS>No voters reported being "intimidated" by that ditwit.


Holder Uses New York Times to Tamper with New Black Panther Investigation -
Big Journalism


Posted by J. Christian Adams Jan 4th 2011 at 1:29 pm in Featured Story,
Justice/Legal, New York Times, Politics


Attorney General Eric Holder recently made statements to the New York Times so
detached from reality that they could have been written by scheming Republican
operatives for fun. In particular, Holder tells the Times that the lawless
dismissal of voter intimidation charges against the New Black Panthers is "a
made up controversy."� I have written about Holder's accelerating detachment
from reality in the interview, along with Jen Rubin.


Putting aside the fact video exists of the armed uniformed thugs in
Philadelphia, Holder did something even worse than flirt with kooky
conspiratorial characterizations of the fallout from the Black Panther
dismissal. When Holder announced to the New York Times that there "is no
there there,"� he let the Justice Department's Office of Professional
Responsibility (OPR) know what he believes the outcome of their ongoing
investigation into the dismissal should be. In other words, he tampered with
their investigation.


Holder's close friend Deputy Attorney General James Cole will have the power
to veto any critical conclusions by OPR.


Multiple attorneys, including me, have testified under oath that the Obama
Civil Rights Division will not enforce civil rights laws in a race-neutral
fashion.


Numerous attorneys still at the Justice Department have confirmed the
substance of our testimony to the Washington Post. Numerous other attorneys no
longer at the Justice Department have also confirmed our testimony.Holder's
response to the New York Times? It's a "made up controversy."�


Holder's performance to the New York Times is more than simply ludicrous, it
is meddlesome. When Holder made these partisan campaign-style attacks, he
meddled with two ongoing investigations in a way that previous Attorney
Generals would never do.


The DOJ OPR is currently investigating whether or not Steve Rosenbaum, Loretta
King, and other DOJ political appointees used improper considerations when
they ordered the dismissal of the New Black Panther case. The problem is that
Eric Holder sits atop the chain of command for every OPR attorney working on
the investigation. Eric Holder, and his newly recess-appointed Deputy Attorney
General James Cole, oversee OPR. They have the power to fire, and as was
recently exercised, hire the head of OPR. The incoming head of OPR, Robin
Ashton, was just named by Holder. Ashton will have the power to tamper with
any findings in the New Black Panther investigation, and bring them more in
line with Eric Holder's pronouncements to the New York Times.


When Holder made wild assertions about the dismissal of the New Black Panther
case to the New York Times, you can be sure every single person working down
the chain of command on the investigation took note. For them to reach a
finding contrary to Holder's statements guarantees a bureaucratic headwind
from the highest levels of the DOJ. That's a career killer inside Justice. Few
can be expected to have the courage to confront the falsehoods of an Attorney
General from within the bureaucracy. There aren't many with the courage of DOJ
lawyer Christopher Coates.


The DOJ Inspector General is also investigating the circumstances surrounding
the dismissal of the New Black Panther case and hostility toward racially
equal enforcement of civil rights laws under Eric Holder. I have already given
lengthy interviews with the IG about this hostility, as have many others.


Yet Eric Holder has announced his opinion of the investigation in the
interview.


The IG is just looking into "a made up controversy,"� he says.


America might soon long for the good old days of Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales. When the DOJ OPR and IG were investigating conduct during his
tenure, he had the sense and integrity to withhold comment. Instead of
telegraphing his views to the investigative authorities as Holder did,
Gonzales made it clear it wouldn't be appropriate to comment while an
investigation was ongoing.


Holder doesn't care even about the appearance of impropriety. He plainly let
the investigators inside OPR and the IG know what he thinks they should
conclude.


Worse, Holder almost taunts the majority of Americans who believe men wielding
weapons at the entrance to a poll and hurling racial slurs is a serious
matter, no matter the race of the perpetrators. All "made up,"� he shockingly
concludes, providing sanctuary to armed thugs from the highest levels of our
government.





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