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Title: Schlozman Leaves Justice Department
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TPM Muckraker.com
URL Source: http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003959.php
Published: Aug 20, 2007
Author: Paul Kiel
Post Date: 2007-08-20 17:17:02 by aristeides
Keywords: None
Views: 67
Comments: 4
Schlozman Leaves Justice Department By Paul Kiel - August 20, 2007, 5:02 PM Bradley Schlozman, a former Justice Department official who was at the center of the U.S. attorneys scandal and is under investigation by the Departments inspector general for his alleged efforts to politicize the Civil Rights Division, has finally left his post at the Department. After he left his position as the U.S. attorney in Kansas City this April, Schlozman moved to the Justice Department office that oversees all U.S. attorneys. Reached on his cell phone today, Schlozman confirmed that he'd left the Department last week, but refused to say anything more and then hung up. Before being tapped as the U.S. attorney for Kansas City in March of 2006 (after his predecessor Todd Graves was abruptly fired), Schlozman oversaw the voting rights section of the Civil Rights Division with an iron hand. Former employees say that, in tandem with Hans von Spakovsky, Schlozman gutted the voting rights division's efforts to protect African-American voters and made sure that the group did not oppose voter ID laws. The two also punished lawyers and other employees who did not toe the line, former employees say, sometimes changing performance evaluations to add negative comments. Schlozman has further been accused of politicizing the hiring at the Civil Rights Division, famously commenting that he was replacing Democratic hires with "good Americans." It's this activity which the Department's joint internal investigation, led by the inspector general and Office of Professional Responsibility, is probing. After he was appointed as a U.S. attorney in the spring of 2006, Schlozman pursued indictments against four voter registration workers for ACORN just days before the 2006 election, a move which became more controversial in the context of the firings scandal. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Schlozman claimed that he'd brought the indictments "at the direction" of the director of the Election Crimes Branch in the Public Integrity Section. He subsequently revised that testimony to reflect that he himself had pursued the indictments and had gotten approval from the section. The Justice Department did not respond to our request for comment.
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#1. To: aristeides (#0)
Seems to be a lot of rats jumping ship, of late. Is something in the wind, or am I just wasting my time wishing?
It is interesting to do a web search for 'Schlozman is a Jew' and see the hatred the man has generated. And he is a Jew, as is pretty clear once you see his picture.
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest.
No thanks..don't want to spoil supper ;)
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Understood, and his photo could certainly do that! Fortunately, I saw it AFTER I ate!
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest.
#2. To: aristeides (#0)
Schlozman
#3. To: richard9151 (#2)
'Schlozman is a Jew' and see the hatred the man has generated. And he is a Jew, as is pretty clear once you see his picture.
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of it's very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#4. To: IndieTX (#3)
don't want to spoil supper
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