thehill.com - 8/12/2008
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Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday that the Department of Justice would not pursue criminal charges against former employees implicated in an internal investigation on politicized hiring practices. Where there is evidence of criminal wrongdoing, we vigorously investigate it, Mukasey said in a speech at the American Bar Association. And where there is enough evidence to charge ...
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Attorney General tells ABA: Not every crime is a crime
Political Animal —
... that we all learned in the schoolyard, and that remains as true today as when we first heard it: two wrongs do not make a right. As the Inspector General himself recently told the Senate Judiciary Committee, the people hired in an improper way did not, themselves, do anything wrong. It therefore would be unfair - and quite possibly illegal given their civil service protections - to fire them or to reassign them without individual cause.”
Second, Mukasey said he will not prosecute the DoJ employees who repeatedly and flagrantly violated the law. ...
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Shakesville —
"Where there is evidence of criminal wrongdoing, we vigorously investigate it, and where there is enough evidence to charge someone with a crime, we vigorously prosecute. But not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime." -- AG Michael Mukasey from his speech to the American Bar Association. ...
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Political Animal —
QUOTE OF THE DAY.... From Attorney General Michael Mukasey, defending his decision not to pursue criminal charges against former employees who politicized the hiring of career lawyers in the Justice Department: "Not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime." I imagine a lot of people are relieved to hear this.— ...
Attorney General tells ABA: Not every crime is a crime
Crooks and Liars —
... The good news is, Attorney General Michael Mukasey addressed the subject this morning in a speech to the American Bar Association. The bad news is, what he had to say was far from encouraging.
Initially, it seemed like Mukasey was, at long last, prepared to be candid and forthcoming. The problem came when the nation’s chief law-enforcement officer addressed what he was prepared to do as a consequence of the DoJ’s rampant lawbreaking. Mukasey said he will not prosecute the DoJ employees who repeatedly and flagrantly violated the law. ...
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Mukasey Suggests No Charges In DOJ Hiring Controversy
acsblog.org 8/12/2008 — Top advisers in the U.S. Justice Department will not be criminally prosecuted for using political considerations in filling career positions at the Department, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said today. In an address to the American Bar ...
Conyers Criticizes Attorney General For Ruling Out Charges in Hiring Scandal —
TPMMuckraker
Yesterday Attorney General Michael Mukasey made it clear he has no plans to prosecute any of the DOJ officials who clearly violated the law by using political criteria to select career judicial officials.
Apparently, that's not what Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) wanted to hear. The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said there's good reason to think somebody broke the law -- not just for ...
Mukasey Gives Scandalistas a Pass —
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Current Attorney General Michael Mukasey has said he will not prosecute his predecessor’s aides for politicizing the Justice Department. Mukasey said the officials’ violations were “disturbing,” but not crimes.
Los Angeles Times:
Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey said Tuesday that the Justice Department had no plans to bring criminal charges in ...
But it’s no fun unless he rubs your nose in it —
pandagon.net - we are the public option
by Amanda Marcotte
Thanks, Norbizness, for reminding me that just because the Bushies are on their way out the door doesn’t mean that they aren’t still the worst motherfuckers to descend on our capitol. Attorney General Michael Mukasey has declined the no doubt exciting opportunity to prosecute his criminally minded cronies .
No criminal prosecutions are planned ...
Mukasey: Hack —
Lawyers, Guns and Money
Rule of law! "But not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime." But I was informed by the highly serious priests of High Contrarianism that Mukasey's need to work with Congress would provide powerful disincentives against this sort of thing! I'm shocked that this didn't work. In addition, Marcy Wheeler argues that while Mukasey is certainly a hack, the real problem is ...
Mukasey: No Prosecutions From U.S. Attorney Hiring Investigation —
TalkLeft
Attorney General Michael Mukasey today said there will be no prosecutions from the investigation into hiring practices of U.S. Attorneys. “Where there is enough evidence to charge someone with a crime, we vigorously prosecute,” he said. “But not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime,” he said. As the inspector general’s report ...
Rule of Law!! —
WTF Is It Now?!?
This morning, in regard to the U.S attorney hiring scandal and the politicalization of the so called Justice Department, the U.S. Attorney General and Bush nobgobbler Michael Mukasey told the ABA that breaking the law is not a crime, unless it is. Or whatfuckingever: “Not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime. In this instance, the two joint reports found only violations ...
Mukasey Speech on DOJ/Gonzales Hiring —
Patterico's Pontifications
[Guest psot by DRJ]
In a speech to the ABA annual meeting, Attorney General Michael Mukasey today rejected Gonzales-era hiring practices at the Department of Justice and promised a return to professionalism and nonpartisan hiring:
“Mukasey, who once served as a federal judge in New York, said the Justice Department has taken steps under his leadership to prevent a recurrence of the ...
Shorter Michael* Mukasey —
Sadly, No!
Mukasey won’t pursue charges in hiring inquiry
Christ, do I look like I really have the time to prosecute every person in my own department who broke some stupid law? What do I look like, the US Attorney General or something?
‘Shorter’ concept created by Daniel Davies and perfected by Elton Beard . We are aware of all Internet traditions .™
*Why do I ...
No Justice Prosecutions, Says Mukasey —
JammieWearingFool
Heads will be exploding shortly once the left gets wind of this.NEW YORK - Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Tuesday said former Justice Department officials will not face prosecution for letting improper political considerations drive hirings of prosecutors, immigration judges and other career government lawyers.
Mukasey used his sharpest words yet to criticize the senior leaders who took
Mukasey to Bar Association: "The System Failed" —
TPMMuckraker
Attorney General Michael Mukasey dove right into the sensitive topic of the politicization of the Justice Department in his speech to the American Bar Association this morning in New York.
"I would like to talk to you today about a topic that I'm sure is of mutual interest," Mukasey began. "[N]amely, professionalism at the United States Department of Justice."
Calling the findings of ...
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