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8/12/2008

Mukasey Speech on DOJ/Gonzales Hiring

Filed under: Government,Law — DRJ @ 12:11 pm



[Guest psot by DRJ]

In a speech to the ABA annual meeting, Attorney General Michael Mukasey today rejected Gonzales-era hiring practices at the Department of Justice and promised a return to professionalism and nonpartisan hiring:

“Mukasey, who once served as a federal judge in New York, said the Justice Department has taken steps under his leadership to prevent a recurrence of the hiring scandal.

“I have made repeatedly clear…that it is neither permissible nor acceptable to consider political affiliations in the hiring of career department employees,” Mukasey said.

If the problems were to recur, Mukasey said he is confident department employees would speak up.”

Mukasey also said there would be no criminal prosecutions because “not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime. In this instance, the two joint reports found only violations of the civil service laws.”

— DRJ

11 Responses to “Mukasey Speech on DOJ/Gonzales Hiring”

  1. More bad news for Capitol Hill Dems…

    Another Drew (bfaaf5)

  2. The hiring scandal was a lame attempt to get a few non-lefty folks in DoJ. Nobody was complaining when Clinton’s people filled it with their partisans, the same people who pursued the Plame case with such ardor and let Sandy Burglar off with a wet kiss.

    Mike K (155601)

  3. I don’t think there should be criminal prosecutions in this case based on what I know, but for those familiar with the law is the premise of the AG’s decision here actually correct? Violations of civil service laws can’t be referred to criminal prosecution? How do you enforce them then, purely through demotions or terminations?

    Aplomb (b6fba6)

  4. There’s at least 26 ex-U.S. Attorneys who think otherwise.

    Peter (e70d1c)

  5. Peter, don’t be silly. US Attorneys are not career employees.

    SPQR (26be8b)

  6. SPQR – When silly is all you have got …

    JD (712926)

  7. Don’t really care what yet another Zionist agent has to say. As the presiding Zionist judge in the World Trade Centers settlement suit by the Zionist owner Silverstein, I have had enough of these dual-citizenship traitors.

    I Love America (8d7287)

  8. So now we’ve heard from the anti-semitic crowd. Great, that’s what we were all waiting for.

    SPQR (26be8b)

  9. We admit it. We control the U.S. judiciary, but fortunately we also control this website, so we’ve traced Comment #7’s IP Address.

    Ha ha ha ha…fool

    I Love Israel (db8e0c)

  10. The “black helicopter” flight plan has been filed.
    You can run, but you can’t hide.
    If you run, you’ll only die tired.

    Another Drew (bfaaf5)

  11. Is that Petranos Esp ?

    JD (5f0e11)


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