Key House Democrat: For the Bush administration, politics comes before justice Mike Sheehan
Published: Thursday February 15, 2007
A key Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives blasts the White House for putting politics before justice, according to a press release.
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), House Democratic Caucus chair, says, "For the Bush Administration, politics comes before justice. Talented prosecutors investigating public corruption cases are fired for no reason, while a top Justice official has been vacationing with a lobbyist from the industry she is supposed to regulate."
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"Apparently in this Justice Department," Emanuel says in his statement, "doing your job will get you fired, but protecting the special interests will get you a vacation home.
"The American people expect the Justice Department to be above politics," he continues. "The new Democratic Congress will not allow the Bush Justice Department to continue its pattern of coddling the special interests and protecting political allies at the expense of the public good."
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