Obama lawyer wants Justice to investigate ACORN leak

[sabra]

Source: Boston Globe

The chief lawyer for Barack Obama's campaign urged Attorney General Michael Mukasey today to have the Justice Department's inspector general investigate whether Bush administration officials are coordinating with Republican John McCain's campaign over voter registration fraud allegations.

The lawyer, Robert Bauer, also asked Mukasey to "personally take steps" to make sure the department "is not misused for partisan purposes."

At issue is a leak last week that the FBI has joined several states in looking into ACORN, a community activist group that claims to have registered 1.3 million new voters. Some voter registration cards, however, were submitted with names of dead people or fictitious characters.

Bauer asked Mukasey on Friday to expand a special prosecutor's purview to include the ACORN matter. The prosecutor is investigating whether partisan politics influenced the firings of nine US attorneys, including at least one dismissed after Republican complaints he didn't aggressively pursue complaints against ACORN.

In the letter to Mukasey today, Bauer said that isn't enough because the prosecutor doesn't have jurisdiction over violations of department policy.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligen...

[stillcool]

1. I'm waiting for the response..

from the Justice Department. I hope the Obama Campaign releases it.

[formercia]

2. Nothing like a narrow focus

Mukasey with blinders on.

Limiting the scope of an investigation can lead to obstruction of justice if carried too far.

[Nambe]

3. Obama lawyer calls for internal Justice Department investigation

Source: CNN

Obama campaign general counsel Bob Bauer called Monday for a government investigation into whether the White House is working with John McCain’s campaign to raise allegations of voter fraud, telling reporters attorney general Michael Mukasey needed to step in to ensure investigators are "not misused for partisan purposes."

A special prosecutor is investigating similar charges against the Justice Department over the controversial dismissals of several U.S. attorneys, including David Yglesias, who said he was fired for resisting pressure to prosecute ACORN, the embattled community group at the center of a sustained Republican campaign alleging voter fraud among supporters of Barack Obama. ...

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/20/obama-l... /

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5. Good call.Is there any way we can put the petition together and send it to DOJ ?