Injustice; Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department by J. Christian Adams

Author:J. Christian Adams [Adams, J. Christian]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Regnery Publishing
Published: 2011-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

At the same time Fernandes was reorienting the Voting Section’s priorities, the DOJ’s dismissal of the Panther case was attracting widespread attention in the right-leaning media. The issue was covered prominently on Fox News, with legal analysis by Megyn Kelly and Lis Wiehl, as well as in the Washington Times and on the websites of prominent conservative bloggers like Michelle Malkin. Jennifer Rubin at the Weekly Standard and Quin Hillyer at the American Spectator also covered the case dismissal. The DOJ showed some early signs that it would respond to the reports by blaming the Bush DOJ and particularly the case lawyers for bringing a bad case. The DOJ political leadership seemed determined to kill two birds with one stone—find a scapegoat for the outcome of the Panther case, and discredit the case lawyers, particularly Coates, who was still Voting Section chief.

The DOJ received its first letter from Congress about the Panther case dismissal in late May 2009, after Congressman Lamar Smith, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee and soon to be chairman, wrote to Loretta King demanding a briefing and asking why the DOJ voluntarily dismissed a case it had already won. Suspecting King would not be entirely forthcoming and driven by my fears that the administration would blame the case lawyers for the dismissal, I contacted a friend who was a congressional staffer and explained the predicament. A meeting between me and five senior members of the House Judiciary Committee was arranged for June 5, 2009, to brief them about the dismissal.

At our meeting on June 5, 2009, I explained to the congressmen that the Panther case was solid, but Rosenbaum and King had scuttled it because they opposed race-neutral law enforcement. I explained the key moments leading up to the case’s dismissal, such as Rosenbaum showing his unfamiliarity with the J-Memo and with the general facts of the case. I further explained how we could have obtained a nationwide injunction against the Panthers to prevent similar outrages from happening in future elections. One congressman, perhaps only half jokingly, asked whether I owned a gun to protect myself. I replied that I had no shortcomings on that point. Another congressman asked whether I was seeking whistleblower protection, and I told him I was. Eventually, Coates would seek the same protection.

Three days after the meeting, Congressman Frank Wolf, who had received information about the Panther case, sent his first of many letters to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding answers. Wolf, then the ranking member overseeing the DOJ budget, received no response. On July 8, 2009, he sent a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and ranking member Lamar Smith asking for a hearing on the dismissal of the case. The next day, Smith, Wolf, and eight other congressmen sent a letter to DOJ Inspector General Glen Fine demanding an investigation.

Meanwhile, House members asked their Senate colleagues to hold up the confirmation of Tom Perez for Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights until they received some answers.

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