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Bush Campaign Veterans Make Electoral Comeback
Tim Griffin, a controversial figure in the U.S attorney firing scandal, is a source of new optimism among Bush-era Republicans.
HOLDER HEARING: Feinstein Brings Up Schlozman and OIG Report
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) started her line of questioning with the recent report on the politicization of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and asked Eric Holder his thoughts on it.
Holder replied that it’s “antithetical to everything the Justice Department stands for” and added that this wasn’t something he’d allow if he was attorney general.
Report: Schlozman Broke Federal Law; Lied to Congress
An internal Department of Justice report on the politicization of the Civil Rights Division — one of the last of six investigations looking into the politicization of the agency — has found that Bradley Schlozman, a central character in the U.S. attorney firing scandal, broke federal law in considering “political and ideological affiliations [...]
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