Brad Schlozman found to have perjured himself in front of the Senate. AG will not prosecute? WTF?

[bushmeister0]

ATC:

"A Justice Department probe has concluded that a powerful manager who worked in the Civil Rights Division during the Bush administration illegally hired attorneys based on partisan credentials and then lied about his actions to Congress.

Those conclusions are part of a long-awaited joint report by the Justice Department's inspector general and the Office of Professional Responsibility.

At a 2007 congressional hearing, Schlozman told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the conservative attorneys he brought into the Civil Rights Division "were not hired because they were Republican." Justice Department investigators now say Schlozman lied in that hearing.

The report quotes e-mails to colleagues in which Schlozman called civil rights attorneys 'pinkos' and 'commies.' He bragged about hiring 'real Americans' and 'bitchslapping a bunch of attorneys' he perceived as liberal.

In one voicemail to a colleague, Schlozman tried to justify hiring people with no record of civil rights experience.

'I just want to make sure we don't start confining ourselves to, you know, politburo members because they happen to be a member of some, you know, psychopathic left-wing organization designed to overthrow the government,' Schlozman said.

Schlozman's spokesman, Mark Corallo, cautioned, 'Let's not confuse inartful comments with breaking the law.'"

In 2006, Schlozman left the Civil Rights Division after he was chosen to be interim U.S. Attorney in Missouri. While in Missouri, he wrote an e-mail saying, 'Perhaps the Division will name an award for me or something. How about the Brad Schlozman Award for Most Effectively Breaking the Will of Liberal Partisan Bureaucrats. I would be happy to come back for the awards ceremony.'"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99307148

McClatchy:

"Evidence that the former official, Bradley Schlozman , committed perjury on June 5, 2007 , in testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee was referred to the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia , who declined to prosecute, the department's inspector general and Office of Professional Responsibility say in their report."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090113/pl_mcclatchy/3143620_1

Ok, he perjured himself in front of the Senate, clearly broke the civil service law and the DC AG isn't going to prosecute? WTF? Is he one of those "loyal Bushies" that replaced an actual AG?

[midnight]

1. No wonder Russ Feingold says restoring the rule of law is so

important. We cannot allow this to go unchallanged. "Brad Schlozman Award for Most Effectively Breaking the Will of Liberal Partisan Bureaucrats."

[Winterblues]

7. Move forward and don't look back

Who cares if Laws were broken. We must only look forward...

[rhett o rick]

8. You forget the sarcasm emoticon. nm

[HeraldSquare212]

2. The throw him in the Congressional jail.

[whathehell]

3. He probably is a loyal Bushie...Any chance of an Obama administration prosecution?...n/t

[Kaleko]

4. K & R

[leftofthedial]

5. There is no Justice in Amurka.

[Uzybone]

6. Meanwhile they are going after Clemens the pitcher.

Because steroids in baseball is SOOOO much more important than a corrupt government.

[newtothegame]

9. Unfortunately, Bill Clinton opened up the f*in floodwaters for Repugs to lie under oath...

and everyone basically lets them because of that.

[smiley_glad_hands]

10. I call BS on this RW frame. eom

[newtothegame]

11. Sorry you're too busy desperately trying to find trolls than to use DU as a discussion board...

but I want to discuss the real issue here. Until we find a way to clean up the Democratic Party (no more Spitzer's, no more Blagoyovich) the freeptards are going to use their indiscretions and their subsequent denials as excuses for behavior and ignored subpoenas like we've seen in the last 8 years.

Btw, relax. Hugs and kisses ;)

[Horse with no Name]

12. And he was impeached.

Next?:eyes:

[progressoid]

13. Bah. Prosecution is sooo0 pre 9-11

:eyes:

[bushmeister0]

14. Clearly, all the DOJ's energies should be aimed at prosecuting ACORN

and voter fraud.

Schlozman is on the job.

From a press conference with Sen. Diane Feinstein on the politicization of DOJ and firing of the Federal Prosecuters:

"One of the U.S. Attorneys asked to resign was Todd Graves of Missouri. His replacement: Brad Schlozman.

Brad Scholzman quickly filed a lawsuit against an organization in Missouri that was registering new voters. That organization was called ACORN. ACORN offered to cooperate. There were four small cases, ACORN said they would help, they would fire the people. Well the U.S. Attorney was in such a hurry to move before the election on the cases, that they even misstated the name of one of the accused and had to redo the documents later."

http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=0406d9da-b01f-b21e-935f-e0fa6c110a94&IsPrint=true

What a loyal Bushie this guy is! What a little weasel.