• Barack Obama,  Black Panthers,  Thomas Perrelli

    WTF? Who in the Obama Administration Let the Black Panthers Off?

    “Security Patrols” Stationed at polling places in Philadelphia

    You remember the FLAP, right?

    Well, this is now answered in this revealing piece in the Washington Times.

    Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli, the No. 3 official in the Obama Justice Department, was consulted and ultimately approved a decision in May to reverse course and drop a civil complaint accusing three members of the New Black Panther Party of intimidating voters in Philadelphia during November’s election, according to interviews.

    The department’s career lawyers in the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division who pursued the complaint for five months had recommended that Justice seek sanctions against the party and three of its members after the government had already won a default judgment in federal court against the men.

    Front-line lawyers were in the final stages of completing that work when they were unexpectedly told by their superiors in late April to seek a delay after a meeting between political appointees and career supervisors, according to federal records and interviews.

    The delay was ordered by then-acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King after she discussed with Mr. Perrelli concerns about the case during one of their regular review meetings, according to the interviews.

    Ms. King, a career senior executive service official, had been named by President Obama in January to temporarily fill the vacant political position of assistant attorney general for civil rights while a permanent choice could be made.

    And, who is Associate Attorney General Thomas J. Perrelli?

    A Democrat Party HACK that raised over $500,000 for Obama. What a shock.

    Mr. Perrelli, a prominent private practice attorney, served previously as a counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno in the Clinton administration and was an Obama supporter who raised more than $500,000 for the Democrat candidate in the 2008 elections. He authorized a delay to give department officials more time to decide what to do, said officials familiar with the case but not authorized to discuss it publicly. He eventually approved the decision to drop charges against three of the four defendants, they said.

    There needs to be a Congressional investigation of this matter since the Justice Department has been stonewalling this issue. But, will the Democrat majority allow hearings on this racially charged flap?

    Stay tuned…..

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