Posted on 05/19/2010 7:48:45 AM PDT by roses of sharon
A trial attorney with the Department of Justice’s Voting Rights Section has resigned, citing concerns about the government’s refusal to prosecute a case involving voter intimidation by the New Black Panther Party. A letter of resignation obtained by The Washington Examiner from a former Justice Department employee makes clear DOJ has refused to allow attorneys in the Voting Rights Section to testify before the congressionally-chartered bipartisan U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, despite subpoenas that could result in their being held in contempt.
In his letter of resignation, J. Christian Adams said:
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I have incurred significant personal expense in retaining a number of separate attorneys and firms regarding this subpoena in order to protect my interests and advise me about my personal legal obligation to comply with the subpoena. Over the last few months, one of my attorneys has had multiple communications with Federal Programs regarding the subpoena. My attorney suggested to them that the Department should file a motion in district court to quash the subpoena and thereby resolve conclusively any question about my obligation to comply.
Months ago, my attorney advised the Department that a motion to quash would be welcome, and that I would assert no objection to the motion. Further, my attorney has explicitly sought to ascertain whether Executive Privilege has been invoked regarding the decisions of individuals not in the Voting Section to order the dismissal of the case. If Executive Privilege has been asserted, or will be, obviously I would not comply with the subpoena. These options would provide some conclusive legal certainly about the extent of my obligation to comply with a subpoena issued pursuant to a federal statute. Instead, we have been ordered not to comply with the subpoena, citing a federal regulation.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
This is a case that should have gone to trial. The black panthers should have been prosecuted for voter intimidation, threatening voters with bodily or physical harm, threatening public violence, etc.
A crack in the dam.
They are not white or red or green panthers. They are black panthers and are a group protected by the professional racists running the country.
Bingo!
bttt
Some pigs are more equal than others.............
O’Really is on this now...
(He’s better stop hanging around with Beck)
I heard on Fox last night the reason this was dropped because the case was brought against “all” Black Panthers and they couldn’t find this as being widespread voter intimidation so there was no justification as it was written.
The idiot with the night stick in the video was told he couldn’t be around polling places until 2012... figure that one out.
As I remember it the DOJ had won the case because the defendants did not show and when it was to end it and issue punishment then the DOJ dropped the case.
bttt
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