”Big deal. They had no Koran and were not criminals.
They mean nothing - except as organ donors for us, the EXEMPT."
Posted on 05/13/2014 7:27:06 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that the Department of Justice doesn't have any plans to investigate allegations that veterans placed on secret waiting lists at VA hospitals died while waiting for care.
"Well, obviously these reports if they're true are unacceptable, and the allegations are being taken very seriously by the administration. But I don't have any announcements at this time with regard to anything that the Justice Department is doing," Holder told reporters at a press conference.
"This is something on our radar screen at this point, but there is an investigation being done by the [VA] inspector general, and we'll see what happens as a result of that inquiry and other information that comes to light in some form or fashion," Holder added.
According to CNN, at least 40 veterans died while waiting for treatment at one VA hospital in Phoenix. Members of Congress have said in recent weeks that the inspector general investigation is inadequate and have called on the DOJ to launch its own investigation.
"Because these cases involve individuals working in their capacity as federal employees, and these incidents have occurred at federal facilities throughout the nation, I urge you to work with the state Attorneys General in Arizona and across the country to investigate these preventable deaths thoroughly, determine appropriate criminal charges, and prosecute the offenders accordingly," Rep. Tom Rooney, a Republican of Florida, wrote in a letter to Holder on May 1.
Holder's announcement that the DOJ doesn't currently have any plans to investigate the VA hospital scandal was made Tuesday afternoon at a press conference held to announce that the DOJ was filing a lawsuit against lenders under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, which caps interest rates on student loans at 6 percent for members of the military.
"We are here to announce a landmark step forward in our effort to achieve justice for victims of improper lending practices--and to protect the men and women of America's armed services from anyone who would take advantage of those who wear the uniform," Holder said.
So “Obama hates military people” to paraphrase Kanye West?
LOL! We know Eric. We know. They’re your “people”.
Holder is criminal treason!! He needs a cell!!
HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SLEEP AT NIGHT???
No surprise, Eric the Red doesn’t investigate any scandal in the 0bummer administration or any that could be remotely connected to it.
Read the Frontpage Mag pamphlet on why Holder needs to be removed from office. We have an adminstration (regime) that is lawless. Lex Rex, not Rex Lex.
”Big deal. They had no Koran and were not criminals.
They mean nothing - except as organ donors for us, the EXEMPT."
“HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SLEEP AT NIGHT???”
With armed Guards.
Today the VA, Tommorrow the USA!
If 40 convicted murderers had died in prison waiting for medical treatment, I somehow doubt Holder would be as dismissive.
Have we ever had a more corrupt administration?
These guys make Clinton look like a piker.
This is Bengazi, all over again.
Obamacare is still at a very sensitive, critical phase, and they’ve got this huge scandal, and they need for it to JUST GO AWAY.
It’s like his squeeker re-election being just 6 weeks away with the Bengazi disaster, so they just elect to keep delaying until it no longer matters.
SAME PLAYBOOK.
Does he investigate anything?
Seriously.
Yea... Zimmerman.
Does he investigate anything?
****
Yeah, states that pass Voter ID laws.
Good answers.
Congress should establish the house dept of justice
she sleeps above her covers... *four feet* above her covers. She barks, she drools, she claws!
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