Former attorney general, a Republican, says US Justice Department politicized under Bush

[sabra]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON: A Republican U.S. attorney general from the administration of President George W. Bush's father told a congressional panel Tuesday that he thinks the Justice Department had political aims in prosecuting a high-profile Democratic coroner from Pennsylvania.

Dick Thornburgh, whose law firm is representing coroner Cyril Wecht in the pending trial, and who acknowledged he was speaking as an advocate for Wecht, said the outspoken Democrat was "an ideal target for a Republican U.S. attorney trying to curry favor with a department which demonstrated that if you play by its rules, you will advance."

The Wecht prosecution on charges of theft, mail fraud and wire fraud was one of three corruption cases that Democrats spotlighted Tuesday as part of a broad House of Representatives Judiciary Committee investigation into White House interference with Justice Department activities under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. After months of questioning whether the Bush administration fired U.S. attorneys who were not "loyal Bushies," Democrats said the cases provide strong evidence that some government lawyers may have done the White House's bidding.

The other cases discussed were the successful prosecution of Democratic former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman on bribery and other charges and the overturned conviction of Wisconsin state procurement official Georgia Thompson in a contracting case.

Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/23/america/NA-GEN-US-Fired-Prosecutors-Congress.php

[tom_paine]

1. Dick Thornburgh - an honest Republican?

Or just a Loyal Bushie who happens to be getting paid by the Bushies Victims' this time?

I don't know and I don't care. Action is what counts now, and this is a positive action and at least it's being brought to light.

[Mnemosyne]

2. He wasn't the best governor we've ever had in PA, but

he wasn't the worst either. See Tom Ridge, Casey for a tie on bad.

I am pleased to see he has some clarity about *.

The Seigelman case shows perfectly how filthy politics gets in Bama.

So when do we see prosecutions of republics?

[defendandprotect]

3. Thornburgh was part of Poppy's anti-abortion legal thug brigade ---

among other things ---

Wecht, of course, is the guy who keeps denting their faces on the JFK conspiracy ---

and, isn't it about time we begin to ask for accountability in that coup?

[DeepModem Mom]

4. K&R

[YDogg]

5. ya think?