Posted by
Patrick Henry on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 8:18:08 PM
Eric Holder must resign as United States Attorney General, and the sooner he
does so, the sooner investigating authorities can clean out the racist rat's nest he
has festered in the civil rights section of that agency. Since the buck stops with
him as the senior official in the DOJ, one must assume that Holder is responsible
for the illegal and unethical conduct of the attorneys under his charge, and for
the stonewalling refusal to honor lawfully issued subpoenas and release court-
ordered documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to those
investigating it.
When news broke that the civil rights division of the DOJ essentially vacated an
already won conviction against members of the New Black Panther Party for
voter intimidation, the mainstream media sought to bury the story. But, as is
true most of the time, loose lips sink ships, and insider testimony soon torpedoed
Holder's corrupt rowboat. Disobeying department (Holder's?) orders, J. Christian
Adams and Christopher Coates, both respected career attorneys who worked in
the civil rights division during the Black Panther release and cover-up, came
forward with stories of "deep-seated hostility" in the division toward prosecuting
any cases in which racial minorities were the defendants. Coates told how his
direct superior, Loretta King, ordered him to stop asking prospective division
attorneys if they could pursue such cases.
Under oath, division head Thomas Perez, long a racial minority activist, swore
that no "political operative" or White House figure participated in the decision to
drop the Panther case. Then no fewer than eight e-mails between White House
political appointee Samuel Hirsch and division attorneys surfaced, demonstrating
that racial politics was clearly in play prior to the decision being made, and that
Perez blatantly lied to the Civil Rights Commission investigating the matter.
More recently, Judicial Watch, through a discovery lawsuit filed under FOIA,
won their case to see records and e-mails pertaining to the case. Despite the
court's order, while relasing a few peripheral documents, the DOJ is in substantial
non-compliance.
Coates' testimony under oath was devastating to the department and to the
administration, depicting a culture of racially-based and discriminatory selective
prosecution, and suggesting an in-progress cover-up of massive proportions. He
more than corroborated the earlier testimony of Adams. Now, three more insider
witnesses have confirmed the charges to the Civil Rights Commission, and the
Investigator General has launched an investigation into the civil rights division of
the DOJ.
President Obama, this comes to roost at YOUR door. Either Holder knew about
this malfeasance, and willfully violated his oath to uphold the constitution, or
almost as bad, he didn't see what was going on right under his nose, and is thus a
hopeless incompetent. Various intemperate public remarks he has made on the
subject of race relations, combined with his zeal for prosecuting a state that is
only trying to enforce laws an apparently racially biased administation won't,
makes the malice implication more likely than the stupidity one. It is YOUR
duty, Mr. President, to demand Holder's immediate resignation. And it is the
ONLY course that will restore America's flagging confidence in YOUR honor.
Thomas Perez should be charged with perjury, terminated from further service
with the government and stripped of his license to practice law. Loretta King
should likewise be terminated from her position, and EVERY lawyer in the civil
rights division investigated to determine whether this racial malevolence is present
and to what degree. It is high time to clean out this disgusting den of vipers, Mr.
President, and time for YOU to stop sitting on your hands.
Eric Holder may never be found in contempt of any court but that of public
opinion, but having him as even titular head of the nation's top law enforcment
agency strikes at the integrity of not only this administration, but the entire
government. Apparently Holder never got the memo saying the phrase "and
justice for all" is still in the pledge of allegiance. Maybe he thought it meant
"for all who are non-white." But YOU know that pledge, don't you Mr. President?
And you know what needs to be done. America will watch to see whether you
possess the integrity and the fortitude to do it. If you do not, you will confirm
their worst fears, and come 2012 YOU will pay the price.