Ex-Attorney General Criticizes Department of Justice
Last Tuesday, former Attorney General Richard L. Thornburgh, who served from 1988 to 1991 under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush after serving two terms as Governor of Pennsylvania, testified before the House Judiciary Committee about political bias at the Justice Department.
Thornburgh criticized the prosecution of Cyril Wecht, whom he characterized as "a contentious, outspoken, highly critical and highly visible Democratic figure in western Pennsylvania," by U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan. Thornburgh said Wecht was "an ideal target for a Republican U.S. attorney trying to curry favor with a department which demonstrated that if you play by its rules, you will advance," and also that Wecht "was not the only apparent political prosecution in western Pennsylvania."
On Thursday, Representative Artur Davis (D-AL) criticized the prosecution of former Alalama Governor Don Siegelman, noting "the possibility that if chief prosecutors were axed for not being partisan enough . . . the Justice Department may have actively encouraged prosecutors who were willing to use their power as a political sword."
Thornburgh criticized the prosecution of Cyril Wecht, whom he characterized as "a contentious, outspoken, highly critical and highly visible Democratic figure in western Pennsylvania," by U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan. Thornburgh said Wecht was "an ideal target for a Republican U.S. attorney trying to curry favor with a department which demonstrated that if you play by its rules, you will advance," and also that Wecht "was not the only apparent political prosecution in western Pennsylvania."
On Thursday, Representative Artur Davis (D-AL) criticized the prosecution of former Alalama Governor Don Siegelman, noting "the possibility that if chief prosecutors were axed for not being partisan enough . . . the Justice Department may have actively encouraged prosecutors who were willing to use their power as a political sword."
Written By:Chuck On December 5, 2007 6:35 PM
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