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Originally Posted by dc_dux
loquitor....the Justice Dept is currently investigating whether Monica Goodling, Gonzales fomer counsel and liaison to the White House, used political affiliation in deciding who to hire as entry-level prosecutors in U.S. attorneys' offices. ( link)
If she did, it is against the law. ( prohibited personnel practices under the civil service act) and the question is whether she did it on her own, or at the direction of Gonzales or the White House.
The House Judiciary Committee has also given her immunity, DOJ wont block it ( link) and the committee is likely to call her in to testify, where if she "takes the 5th," she will face contempt charges.
YOu have your reaons to explain the hiring "profile" of civil rights (and other DOJ career attorneys) and Host has his.......in any case, the public has the right to know if this administration, by the action of one individual or through direction of her superiors, has politicized the prosecutorial process beyond the law. |
I agree, and personally, I find these sorts of questions about the possible infiltration of institutions charged with protecting our identification as a progressive society much more critical than questions about why we went to Iraq.
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