TPMMuckraker has the scoop on the latest now-former U.S. Attorney to resign entirely from the DoJ in the wake of the U.S. Attorney Purge scandal. Bradley Schlozman had reportedly been under investigation by the DoJ’s inspector general. Schlozman had been moved into the U.S. Attorney position in Western Missouri before subsequently bringing bogus “voter fraud” indictments in the state just prior to the November 2006 general election.
The MO indictments were in violation of the DoJ’s own written rules, which disallowed such cases being brought during an election period. After leaving his post in Kansas City recently, Schlozman had been reassigned at DoJ in the office which oversees all U.S. Attorneys. He was recently called to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he was on the receiving end of angry disbelieving questions by Sen. Patrick Leahy (video of the exchange here). After the testimony, a DoJ insider told The BRAD BLOG that he found testimony to be “on the razor’s edge of purjury.” Schlozman would later send clarification of his testimony to the Senate Committee.
Schlozzie — along with Hans von Spakovsky, who still awaits Senate confirmation for appointment as head the FEC, after he’d previously been recess-appointed by Bush last year — have been much criticized by DoJ insiders for helping to gut the Voting Rights section of the department’s Civil Rights division.
While dozens of DoJ and White House officials have been forced to quit in the wake of the scandal, the White House and DoJ continue to insist that no illegalities or improprieties were committed.
I must be going senile. I thought he was out at DOJ as of his grotesque testimony a few weeks ago. Must be retreating into my silly old default assumptions about my country again…. Sheesh. That should have been a no-brainer, but noooooooo….
“Schlozzie ” 🙂
Way OT but if anyone is interested, here’s some pictures of protesters at the “Three Amigos” secret meeting in Montreal. I have never seen so many police on guard!! Sick, sick, sick.
http://yayacanada.blogspot.com/...ontebello.html
Please ITMFA!
Bradley Schlozman
The US Department of Justice – Nothing to see here, nothing to hide – but doing everything we possibly can to hide it!
Sooo..is there a jail cell in lil Bradley’s future?
JoJ
He’s not that cute or clean.
So he is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier at The Department of
JusticeJust Us?Neither is any other bushie.
And another one bites the dust..
The one thing we can be MOST thankful for with this administration is that they didn’t look for both competence AND loyalty when filling these positions. If these folks were even half as intelligent as they are slimy, they might have gotten away with all of this.