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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/13/2009
No Complaints Filed Against Schlozman in Kansas
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It looks like Bradley Schlozman will escape prosecution , at least for now, despite having been found in a DOJ report to have broken the law by politicizing hiring decisions at the department, and then lying about it to a Senate committee. But a flood of readers has written in to ask ...

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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/15/2009
Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To Prosecute Schlozman
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — Not that it's likely, but Brad Schlozman may want to hope that Eric Holder's confirmation somehow gets derailed. That's because Holder just told the Senate Judiciary committee that he wants to reconsider the Bush Justice Department's curious ... (more) Holder: "I Will Review That Determination" Not To ...

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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/13/2009
Talking Points Memo | Why No Charges For Schlozman?
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — Given that the DOJ Inspector General's report found that Bradley Schlozman broke the law in making politicized hiring decisions, and lied about it to Congress, why and how did the US Attorney's office make the decision to decline to bring criminal ... (more) Talking Points Memo | Why No Charges For Schlozman?

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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/13/2009
Report: Schlozman Broke The Law, Then Tried To Hide It From Senate
— tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com — Here's the key excerpt, finding that Schlozman broke the law by considering political affiliations in making hiring decisions, and made false statement about it to the Senate: The evidence in our investigation showed that Schlozman, first as a ... (more) Report: Schlozman Broke The Law, Then Tried To Hide It ...

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Setting the Bar
Talking Points Memo — ... Well, we called up the state official who handles this stuff in the state of Kansas where the Schloz is now practicing and where he holds his law license. That's the disciplinary administrator for the State of Kansas, Stanton Hazlett. And he says that at least as of today no one has filed any complaints with them regarding Schlozman's conduct and apparently perjurious behavior. ...

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Talking Points Memo | Leahy: Schloz Committed "Heinous Crime"
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 1/13/2009 — It sounds like Sen. Pat Leahy isn't too happy about the US Attorney's office's decision not to prosecute Bradley Schlozman for making false statements to Leahy's Judiciary committee. In a speech on the Senate floor this morning, Leahy left no doubt ...
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talkleft.com 1/14/2009 — The Inspector General's report on the civil rights division of the Department of Justice is out. The findings : Bush appointee Bradley Schlozman broke the law. Among the newly hired lawyers whose political or ideological views could be discerned, ...
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