Posted on 09/14/2010 7:22:45 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division — in the wake of the New Black Panther Party case — is being investigated by the department's office of inspector general to determine whether voting section employees have been harassed for participating in specific investigations or prosecutions.
In an end run around policy barring IG investigations of Justice Department litigators, Inspector General Glenn A. Fine said his office will review what types of cases are being investigated, whether there have been changes in enforcement policies and procedures, and whether the civil rights laws are being enforced in a non-discriminatory manner.
Christopher Coates, the veteran Justice Department voting section chief who recommended going forward on the civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party, was removed from his post and transferred to the U.S. attorney's office in South Carolina.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
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Looks like a head-fake to me. Obama and company fear a Republican House and want to have Justice “under investigation” to try to forestall congressional hearings.
After the show, everyone gets a free balloon.
I can just see the white wash gleaming in that fetid governmental swamp on the Potomac.
It’s a game of “who watches the watchmen?”
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>It’s a game of “who watches the watchmen?”
No kidding!
I wouldn’t be surprised if the probe was probed on allegations of being racially motivated or somesuch...
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Mr IG - watch your back!
As best I know, it's not an "end run." It's established policy. It can't be "barred." It is the duty of the IG to investigate discrepancies in prosecutions, or non-prosecutions, in the DOJ.
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