latimes.com - 8/13/2008
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The aides violated civil service laws and department regulations, Mukasey said, but they did not commit crimes that could send them to jail. "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," Mukasey said in a speech to the American Bar Assn. in New York. "But not every ...
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Mukasey Gives Scandalistas a Pass
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... hiring abuses that took place under his predecessor, Alberto R. Gonzales.
Mukasey said the findings in two recent reports by Inspector General Glenn A. Fine—that a group of influential Gonzales aides considered politics and ideology in hiring career employees and summer interns—were “disturbing.”
The aides violated civil service laws and department regulations, Mukasey said, but they did not commit crimes that could send them to jail.
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The Rude Pundit —
... Here's what Mukasey said yesterday: not only is he not going to pursue charges against Monica Goodling et al for giving a political litmus test to candidates for ostensibly non-political jobs, but he thinks they've been punished enough: "The officials most directly implicated in the misconduct left the Department to the accompaniment of substantial negative publicity. Their misconduct has now been laid bare by the Justice Department for all to see. As a general matter in such cases, where disciplinary referrals are appropriate, they are made. To put it in concrete ...
McCarthy: John Conyerss Glass House
Articles on National Review Online —
... the administration. This fed a general sense of incompetence and odd detachment. The president has dotted his government with many stars, too officials of unusual skill. But to be blunt, it s not a secret why his approval ratings are so low. Still, they are much higher than Congress s. On Capitol Hill, unlike main Justice, people like Conyers, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. William Jefferson, Sen. Ted Stevens, and a host of other characters carry merrily along. Last week, in announcing that the ousted Justice Department officials would not be charged, Attorney General Michael ...
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