Amazing. In response to a call for his office to investigate the Justice Department’s dismissal of voter intimidation charges against the Black Panthers, the Justice Department’s inspector general says unfortunately he has no power to investigate the incident. In the Justice Department, unlike other departments, all internal investigations answer to the Attorney General. By law, there is no one that can conduct an independent investigation of DOJ wrongdoing. So what is the DOJ IG for then?
You might not be shocked to learn that the rule was put into place by Janet Reno. It was codified in law in 2008.
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