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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-28-08 04:56 PM
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DoJ implicates KARL ROVE in DoJ hiring crimes
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None other than the Bush DoJ is pointing the felony finger at Karl Rove!!
Add this to your list of crimes that Rove may face!
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For Sampson, Hiring At DOJ Was All Republicans All The Times
By Andrew Tilghman - July 28, 2008 - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/for_sampson_hiring_at_doj.php


The highest-ranking official flagged for breaking federal law in today's Department of Justice Inspector General's report was Kyle Sampson ....

In one case, Sampson pushed a prospective judicial candidate who was supported by White House political director Karl Rove.

Regarding that candidate, whose name was not disclosed, Kevin Ohlson, then deputy director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, told the IG's investigators that he was "fully aware of the fact" that Sampson was pushing Rove's pick and that was effecting the formal evaluation.

"The finger was on the scale," Ohlson said.

That candidate was ultimately appointed to be an immigration judge in October 2005, the report said.

When questioned, Sampson said he thought the Immigration judges were political appointees .....

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