MSM Awakes: Washington Post Finally Covers Justice Dept. Scandal, Resignation
PJ Media was the first national news site to report a story of corruption in the Justice Department that has now led to the resignation of U.S. Attorney Jim Letten in Louisiana. The Washington Post finally covered the scandal in a front page story today. Yet the paper had not previously reported on the findings of a federal judge for over a week after Adams reported them here at PJ Media.
The judge found that at least two government lawyers had written anonymous blog posts on a New Orleans’ Times-Picayune website that attacked the defendants and their lawyers in a federal prosecution being handled by the Louisiana U.S. Attorney’s Office and the infamous DOJ Civil Rights Division. There were also leaks of grand jury proceedings in the same case.
Letten’s chief assistant Jan Mann was involved in the wrongdoing that the federal judge said was not only unprofessional and unethical, but may have also included “apparent false testimony/statements (by commission or omission), suborning false testimony, and making false statement to a federal judge.”
This matter is so serious that the judge sent copies of his order and findings to the Louisiana Bar Association for possible disciplinary proceedings against the lawyers.
There is no indication that Letten was aware of the conduct of the lawyers in his office or that his chief assistant was misleading a federal court. However, Deputy Attorney General James Cole — the number two official at Justice — went to New Orleans on Thursday to inform the federal court that DOJ was appointing a prosecutor to investigate the misconduct.
Of course, as federal judge Kurt D. Engelhardt had previously pointed out, the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility had already been investigating this for eight months without result, raising serious concerns “about the capabilities and adequacy of DOJ’s investigatory techniques.”
That says a great deal about the Justice Department’s ability to investigate itself.
We have learned that the Justice Department inspector general is soon to release an investigation into wrongdoing in the Civil Rights Division, including the potential perjury Hans von Spakovsky first reported here. When it is released, we will learn whether or not the DOJ’s ability to investigate itself has improved.
The Justice Dept, in its totality, is a renegade force and rife with lawbreakers.Birds of a radical feather.
And it is not for nothing that such scandals are erupting under the biggest lawbreaking duo in the land – Barack HUSSEIN Obama and his henchman, Eric Holder. One can compare them to the likes of thugs in third world dictatorships, ala Hugo’s & Castro’s thugs.
The fact that the MSM is just starting to notice, that something is fishy at Justice, surely doesn’t warrant a party. But it will, when they feature a headline like this – http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/08/01/will-barack-hussein-obamas-lawless-justice-department-under-the-aegis-of-ag-holder-finally-fall-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/
“When it is released, we will learn whether or not the DOJ’s ability to investigate itself has improved.”
Spoiler: It won’t.
“… whether or not the DOJ’s ability to investigate itself has BEEN ALLOWED TO improve BY THOSE AT THE TOP.”
Fixed that for you.
Letten’s a good man and cares about this community. From helping a 7th grader with a social studies project to taking down corrupt politicians this is a man who has done his best for Louisiana. It is truly a sad day that this has turned out as it has.
corruption at the justice department? tell me it ain’t so.
msm now wants to report the real news? what, circulation off a bit? ha! must be the end of the world.
next thing they’ll be wanting to validate somebody’s questionable credentials.
lmao, really.
maybe they’ll report how many obomobots in those ever so blue states are losing their jobs. maybe obombo can get them all good government jobs too. just wait until he completely stalls the economy. that is the plan you know. always has been.
what’s that forrest gump’s mother always said? something about ‘stupid is as stupid does’? what a bunch of gomers. the blue states, latinos, young women and his worshipful followers put this idiot back into office. own it! the bad news is just beginning. the butcher of benghazi’s witch doctor medical plans will destroy what’s left of the ecomony. spend spend spend. fail fail fail. and a couple dozen lobster tails. that’s the way to break the bank in the merry ole land of oz.
maybe the mayans were onto something. a new beginning? yeah, like maybe living the flintstone way? that’s new.
The Mayans predicted the world would end this December. I’m supposed to get my first Social Security check in February. Which has a better chance of happening?
Seriously, my bank has a notice:
EFFECTIVE MARCH 1, 2013
TREASURY DEPARTMENT PHASING OUT PAPER CHECKS…”
Urging us all to start electronic deposits of Social Security. Check this out with your own bank.
Ho hum, you need a notebook to keep up with the Administrations dirt. But at least we see how much our media really cares about honest government.