Senator Patrick Leahy On The Hiring/Firing Authority of DoJ Political Officials

Wow! This white house is even more corrupt than anyone could dream in their wildest of nightmares! They have the nerve to call this a democracy?? Clearly, it’s a Bush Cabal Coup of the democracy of this country. The time to rid this nation of corruption at THE highest levels of this government is right NOW. The people will not tolerate this any longer.

Comment by veritas — April 30, 2007, a reader at Think Progress because of this:

Comment of Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.,
Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee
On Reports of Confidential Memo Granting Sweeping Hiring/Firing Authority To DOJ Political Officials
April 30, 2007

“It is disturbing to learn that the Attorney General was granting extraordinary and sweeping authority to the same political operatives who were plotting with the White House to dilute our system of checks and balances in the confirmation of U.S. Attorneys.

“This development is highly troubling in what it seems to reveal about White House politicization of key appointees in the Department of Justice. The mass firing of U.S. attorneys appeared to be part of a systematic scheme to inject political influence into the hiring and firing decisions of key justice employees. This secret order would seem to be evidence of an effort to hardwire control over law enforcement by White House political operatives.

“This memorandum should have been turned over to Senate and House committees as part of requests made in ongoing investigations. I expect the Department of Justice to immediately provide Congress with full information about this troubling decision as well as any other related documents they have failed to turn over to date.”

  It just gets worse  and worse for the Bush Crime Family! It couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of people.

   Surely there has to be an obstruction charge in this somewhere?

 

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