Republican Felon’s Judiciary Committee Appointment Embarrassing Republicans

[Harry Hope]

http://bluearkansasblog.com/?p=5012

January 3rd, 2011

Tim Felon’s Judiciary Committee Appointment Embarrassing Republicans

Republican Congressman Darrell Issa yesterday called the Obama administration “one of the most corrupt presidents in modern time.” Yeah, I’m laughing too.

But while Issa, a partisan hack who’s done little of note in Congress except grandstand goes on baseless Whitewater style witch hunts, the way Republicans are awarding corruption and criminal behavior is attracting national attention, specifically the appointment of unindicted felon Tim Griffin to the House Judiciary Committee.

Courtesy of Talking Points Memo: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/rove_protege_tim_griffin_now_on_judiciary_committee.php?ref=fpb


A few years ago, Tim Griffin was a key figure in one of the biggest scandals in the Bush administration. Democrats said — and the Justice Department Inspector General later concluded — that the Bush White House and Justice Department pushed out U.S. Attorney H.E. “Bud” Cummins III to give Griffin, a former aide to presidential adviser Karl Rove, a plum spot as interim U.S. attorney that would pad his resume.

Now Griffin, who was elected to Congress from Arkansas in November, has been named by House Republicans to be a member of the House Judiciary Committee — the very same committee which took a close look at his own role in the scandal that ultimately lead to the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

“Tim Griffin was a linchpin of one of the dirtiest, Washington-insider schemes that brought down the Bush-era Justice Department and now, ironically, House Republicans have appointed him to oversee the very department he helped undermine,” Jesse Ferguson of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said in a statement. “Griffin loves to talk about his 6-month stint as a US Attorney but forgets to tell voters that he was forced to quit amid the national scandal about his hiring,” Ferguson added. “It came to light that Tim Griffin was illegitimately appointed to the role of US Attorney as part of a massive controversy over unprecedented political influence over the Department of Justice. Arkansas families are right to question the character of Tim ‘Dirty Tricks’ Griffin and question his appointment to oversee our justice system knowing his rap sheet.”

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The guy's some piece of work, eh?

Harry

[notadmblnd]

1. wasn't Issa charged with car theft at one time?

Why yes, he was indeed. So a corrupt republican is head of a congressional judiciary committee. I guess a black pot would be the best expert on what color the kettle is.

In the San Jose case, Issa, who at the time was a 27-year-old U.S. Army officer, and William Issa, 29, were arrested by San Jose police on a felony auto-theft charge in February 1980.

They were accused of a scheme in which Issa's brother allegedly sold Issa's cherry-red Mercedes 240 to Smythe European Motors in San Jose for $13,000 cash and three $1,000 traveler's checks. Within hours, Issa reported the car stolen from a lot at the Monterey airport, near his Army post at Fort Ord.

Issa and his brother pleaded not guilty. A judge ordered them to stand trial on felony charges, saying he had a "strong suspicion" that the men had committed the crime, according to the records.

CASE DISMISSED

But in August 1980, a prosecutor dismissed the case for lack of evidence. The men later were charged with misdemeanors, but that case was not pursued, said retired police detective Richard Christiansen, lead investigator in the case.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/06/25/ISSA.TMP#ixzz1A5ubUMX7

[lyonn]

2. Issa showed his rear years ago when he was instigating evil

doing against Governor Davis of Calif. and had him removed by devious methods so that he could run as Gov.. Too bad Swartzn..... beat him out. We can thank Enron for many of Gov. Davis's woes.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. And, how do we know he's embarrassing Republicans?

[pacalo]

4. OMG. This is unbelievable.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. YEs, but some DUers are elated that the 'blue dog' he replaced is gone.