E-mails newly obtained by Judicial Watch strengthen contentions that politics motivated the Obama Justice Department's dismissal of a voter-intimidation case despite video of a nightstick-wielding New Black Panther Party member at a Philadelphia polling place.The e-mails show two political appointees' involvement in Justice's decision to dismiss, the watchdog group says. And, it notes, those e-mails contradict what Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for Justice's Civil Rights Division, told the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under oath: that decision involved "only career people."
The e-mails lend additional credence to the long-held suspicion that politics drove Justice's decision-making in this case. They also go a long way toward answering a key question: What is Attorney General Eric Holder hiding with his stonewalling against the commission's investigation?
"These documents show that not only was the Black Panther decision shamelessly politicized by the Obama administration but also that Obama officials lied to cover up the scandal," says Tom Fitton, Judicial Watch president.
It's all the more reason why Mr. Holder is unworthy of the office of attorney general -- and should not be trusted to safeguard voting rights.
Lying under oath is an impeachable offense. Just ask Clinton.