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Conyers Releases Report on Bush’s “Imperial Presidency”

By | 01.13.09 | 3:26 pm

This might take us a little while to get through — it’s almost 500 pages long — but House Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers’ (D-Mich.)  just-released report (pdf) documenting the “abuses and excesses” of George W. Bush’s presidency and recommending changes to the new administration is a More…

Breaking: Obama Demands Special Prosecutor Investigate GOP Voter Fraud Activities

By | 10.17.08 | 3:13 pm

Charging that the FBI probe of ACORN represents an “unholy alliance” between Republican operatives and potentially illegal conduct by law enforcement targeting voter fraud, the Obama campaign demanded Friday that the U.S. special prosecutor looking into the U.S. attorneys scandal investigate the matter.

General counsel Bob Bauer sent a letter More…

U.S. Attorneys Scandal Reignited

By | 10.01.08 | 1:17 pm

The controversial and complex U.S. attorneys scandal reignited Monday with the release of an internal Justice Dept. report that details how former Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales turned a blind eye as his chief of staff orchestrated the unprecedented dismissal of nine federal prosecutors.

In response, Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey named More…