02-27-2017, 03:58 PM
Not surprising at all...
Quote:Walton awarded attorneysâ fees and costs to Judicial Watch for Justiceâs withholding of the documents. He also made it clear that while the original decision to dismiss the New Black Panther case pre-dated Perezâs appointment to the Justice Department, his direct involvement in the caseâs aftermath may have contributed to a cover-up of the decisionâs origins. Walton wrote:
The documents reveal that political appointees within DOJ were conferring about the status and resolution of the New Black Panther Party case in the days preceding the DOJâs dismissal of claims in that case, which would appear to contradict Assistant Attorney General Perezâs testimony that political leadership was not involved in that decision.
Perezâs entire tenure at Justice was controversial and politicized. In 2013, Justiceâs inspector general, an Obama appointee, issued a stinging 256-page report slamming Perezâs unit for âdeep ideological polarizationâ and a âdisappointing lack of professionalism.â
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/44...rogressive