Caroline May,The Daily Caller
Former Department of Justice officials are calling for an investigation into current hiring practices,which they say have become politicized under Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama administration.
Pajamas Media conducted an analysis of the resumes of hired individuals in five Civil Rights Division sections. The conservative media outfit was only able to obtain the documents after filing a federal lawsuit in response to DOJ’s 10-month delay in responding to a Freedom of Information Act request.
Based on their investigation,the researchers found that every single new hire — 70 in all — boasted far-Left résumés. They found no conservative or apolitical new hires in the Voting Section (16 hires),the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (5 hires),the Special Litigation Section (23 hires),the Education Section (11 hires),or the Employment Section (15 hires).
“The Department’s political leadership clearly recognized that the resumes of these new attorneys would expose the hypocrisy of the Obama administration’s polemical attacks on the Bush administration for supposedly engaging in ‘politicized hiring’ — and that everyone would see just how militantly partisan the Obama Civil Rights Division truly is,” wrote former Justice official and Pajamas Media investigator Hans von Spakovsky,explaining why the Department stonewalled FOIA requests for nearly a year.
When confronted with Pajamas Media’s findings,the Justice Department did not acknowledge the ideological discrepancy or the fact that the Pajamas Media had to sue in order to obtain the documents,but instead reiterated its commitment to transparency and that political ideology is not a factor in hiring.
“This administration’s Civil Rights Division has restored the career-driven,transparent hiring process that has resulted in hiring the most qualified attorneys for the job,including attorneys with civil rights experience,” Justice spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa told The Daily Caller. “Actual or perceived political affiliation is not a factor in the Division’s career hiring process.”
There is no justice in this justice department. They will not prosecute black panthers for voter intimidation,and had to be sued for information on their hiring. They said Bush was wrong for releasing attorneys in the justice department,who would not presecute certain wrong doers,but it is OK for Obama. What a hypocrite. The news media is also Hypocrites also. This man is ruining our country and we are loosing or freedom. Wake up America. If you work watch out he wants us like Europe where the rioters have never worked,but demand more and more "free"money.