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.
We need a list of all things investigated by this Dept of JustUs. Some good FReeper may already have the list started.
That’s because the VA situation was a test bed for the Death Panels we’ll see under Obamacare.
Holder can get away with this because the MSM have been sniffing Obama’s butt for the last six years. This is the seventh or eighth scandal that would have become a media feeding frenzy had they occurred under a Republican administration.
Naturally.
If something similar occurred within some islamist community though, WOW! would he hop to.
Well, if he can release 36,000 felons and it barely causes a ripple, what is the inducement to bother with prosecuting anyone for anything? This last few days have been the first where I literally had to gasp for breath after reading the news stories.
The ball is in Obamas court.
Wait minute....that means nothing will happen....
nevermind.
-PJ
This is Al Gores fault.
“no controlling legal authority”
Just another reason why the DOJ must never again be a Administration Cabinet position.
he hates white military people. demographics will heavily be whites. this is a way to cull them out.
the way obamacare will be used against elderly whites, the one he and oprah believe need to just die.
they have no idea what eternity is gonna be for them.
if they were 4 blacks who were on secret lists not to be treated b/c they were black, .....
Of course....Eric Holder will not investigate Obama and the VA. What the heck Obama, just let a couple of old veterans die!!!
Shame on Obama and his lap dog....Shinseki!!! America.....wake up....Obama and his dregs are destroying our country and killing our veterans....willfully!!!
These people have no honor, no shame, no class, no dignity, no compassion.....no loyalty to country or our terrific military folks!!! Obama & Holder..low lifes of the world!!!
And.....shame on any American that voted for these thugs & haters!!!
Lemme guess: none of these vets who are suffering and dieing are ‘Holder’s people’.
Willing to take a wild guess but about those reported 40 vets killed by neglect, I think that Holder would do a Hillary and say “What difference does it make now that 40 crackers died in VA hospitals?”
And if a few black or hispanic vets died there too, he wouldn’t give a damn.
Soldiers care about soldiers. Obama and Holder use soldiers for photo-ops and then leave them as bumps (aka graves) on the road to their political goals.
/HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SLEEP AT NIGHT???/
Can only think. . .by hanging, ‘upside down’. (Of course, without a conscience to keep one awake, sleep does come easily.)
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