« on: September 16, 2008, 11:33:46 AM »
Remember Barack Obama’s attempt to silence TV stations running an independent ad by American Issues Project spotlighting The One’s ties to Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers? (link)
And remember the Obama campaign’s attempt to sic the Justice Department on the GOP donor behind the forbidden ad? (link)
A source sends the following report on DOJ’s public comments about Obama’s witch hunt. The comments were made September 12 and have not been reported yet by the MSM:
Justice Department Enforcement
Donsanto Says DOJ Does Not Pursue
Criminal Probes of Independent Groups
The Justice Department does not pursue criminal investigations of contributors to independent political groups, even when they give $1 million or more and even when their money is solicited based on an appeal to support or oppose a candidate, according to DOJ’s top election crimes official.
“You don’t see a whole lot of cases†where DOJ is looking at independent groups, said Craig Donsanto, the veteran director of the Election Crimes Branch in DOJ’s Public Integrity Section.
Donsanto made his comments Sept. 12 at a conference on corporate political activities in Washington, sponsored by the Practising Law Institute.
Asked directly during a panel discussion at the PLI conference whether he would approve of a case against a hypothetical contributor to a Section 527 group who gave a seven-figure donation based on a request to help or harm the prospects of a particular presidential candidate, Donsanto said, “No.â€
SNIP
That stance could disappoint campaign reform supporters and officials in the presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who have called on the Justice Department to aggressively pursue alleged instances of independent groups being set up to intervene in the current race for the White House.
Go read the whole thing -
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/16/exclusive-doj-will-not-conduct-witch-hunts-for-obama/[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m89m0pC_bpY[/youtube]
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