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I.G. report says former civil rights chief broke the law

 
Bradley Schlozman testified before Congress in 2007. WASHINGTON (CNN) – A long-awaited Justice Department report on the troubled Civil Rights Division says a politically-motivated former chief of the Division violated a federal hiring law and made false statements to Congress about his controversial hiring practices. Bradley Schlozman, however, will not be prosecuted. The report says the U.S. [...] (link)

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