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- May 22, 2010
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(WaPo) A federal commission had to postpone a vote on a report that criticizes the Justice Departments handling of a voter-intimidation lawsuit Friday after a Democratic panelist walked out of the meeting in protest.
The draft of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report says that Justice tried to hide the extensive involvement of high-level political officials in the dismissal of the suit against members of the New Black Panther Party. The move, the report says, indicates that Justices Civil Rights Division is failing to protect white voters and is at war with its core mission of guaranteeing equal protection (under) the laws for all Americans.
The Justice Department has strongly denied the allegations in the report, which follows the commissions year-long investigation into the Obama administrations handling of the 2008 incident. The Bush administration had filed the lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party members, but the Justice Department under the Obama administration dismissed most of the case.
The commission, which is controlled by a bloc of conservative and liberterian members, was scheduled to vote on the report Friday morning. But it could not reach a quorum because commissioner Michael Yaki, a Democratic appointee, refused to participate.
This has been a procedural and partisan farce from the beginning, Yaki said in an impromptu news conference. Its not my responsibility to make a quorum for this kangaroo court they want to score political points against the Obama Justice Department.
Members of the commissions majority, who drafted the report, denied they were motivated by politics and accused Justice Department officials of blocking their investigation, failing to turn over key documents and instructing witnessnes not to testify.
BTW
Michael Yaki served 7 years as senior advisor to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and is a dyed in the wool SF Lib.
The draft of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report says that Justice tried to hide the extensive involvement of high-level political officials in the dismissal of the suit against members of the New Black Panther Party. The move, the report says, indicates that Justices Civil Rights Division is failing to protect white voters and is at war with its core mission of guaranteeing equal protection (under) the laws for all Americans.
The Justice Department has strongly denied the allegations in the report, which follows the commissions year-long investigation into the Obama administrations handling of the 2008 incident. The Bush administration had filed the lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party members, but the Justice Department under the Obama administration dismissed most of the case.
The commission, which is controlled by a bloc of conservative and liberterian members, was scheduled to vote on the report Friday morning. But it could not reach a quorum because commissioner Michael Yaki, a Democratic appointee, refused to participate.
This has been a procedural and partisan farce from the beginning, Yaki said in an impromptu news conference. Its not my responsibility to make a quorum for this kangaroo court they want to score political points against the Obama Justice Department.
Members of the commissions majority, who drafted the report, denied they were motivated by politics and accused Justice Department officials of blocking their investigation, failing to turn over key documents and instructing witnessnes not to testify.
BTW
Michael Yaki served 7 years as senior advisor to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and is a dyed in the wool SF Lib.
