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Lamar Smith of Texas, ranking member of the House Judiciary > >> Committee, and Frank R. Wolf of Virginia, a senior member of the House > >> Appropriations Committee, said the "American people deserve a full > >> accounting" of what they called the "incomprehensible dismissal" of a > >> complaint charging the NBPP and three of its members with voter > >> intimidation at a Philadelphia polling place during the November 2008 > >> presidential elections. > > >> The demand is contained in a Nov. 16 letter to Attorney General Eric H. > >> Holder Jr., referring to an ongoing inquiry in the matter by the Justice > >> Department's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), which > >> investigates accusations of misconduct involving department lawyers. > > >> Mary Patrice Brown, acting OPR counsel, confirmed in August that her > >> office had "initiated an inquiry into the matter," although no > >> information about the probe has been released since. > > >> It was not clear Thursday whether any of the career lawyers had yet been > >> interviewed or whether they had made any statements or given any reports > >> on the case to OPR officials, but Mr. Wolf on Thursday said his office > >> would continue to seek information on why the case was dismissed. > > >> "We're not going to let this go," he said. > > >> Since May, Mr. Smith and Mr. Wolf have sought unsuccessfully to get Mr. > >> Holder to make available for a closed-door meeting the career lawyers > >> who brought the complaint, including Christopher Coates, the chief of > >> the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division who signed off on it. > > >> Mr. Smith said the department's refusal to provide Congress with an > >> explanation for the dismissal "only further raises concerns that > >> political favoritism played a role in this case." He said voter > >> intimidation "threatens democracy," adding that violators "must be > >> prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law without political > >> considerations." > > >> Mr. Wolf said Mr. Holder is obligated to refile the case, adding that an > >> opinion he obtained from the Congressional Research Service found that > >> charges could legally be refiled without violating the double-jeopardy > >> clause of the U.S. Constitution. > > >> "In all fairness, he has a duty to protect those seeking to vote and I > >> remain deeply troubled by this questionable dismissal of an important > >> voter-intimidation case in Philadelphia," he said. "This stinks to high > >> heaven." > > >> In January, the Voting Section filed a civil complaint against the NBPP > >> in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, claiming two of its members in > >> black berets, black combat boots, black shirts and black jackets with > >> military insignias intimidated voters with racial insults, slurs and a > >> nightstick. A third party member was accused of directing and endorsing > >> their behavior. > > >> The complaint said that unless that type of conduct was prohibited by > >> court sanctions, the NBPP would continue to intimidate, threaten and > >> coerce voters and potential voters "by again deploying uniformed and > >> armed members at the entrance to polling locations in future elections, > >> both in Philadelphia and throughout the country." > > >> The original incident was captured on videotape and gained national > >> attention after the video was distributed on YouTube. > > >> Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler said the Smith-Wolf letter > >> was being reviewed. > > >> "As a general policy, we don't comment on ongoing OPR matters," she said. > > >> The Washington Times first reported the decision to dismiss the > >> complaint in May, later noting that Associate Attorney General Thomas J. > >> Perrelli, the department's No. 3 political appointee, approved it even > >> after the government had won judgments against the NBPP and its members. > > >> A Justice Department memo shows that the career lawyers who brought the > >> case had decided as early as December to seek a complaint against the > >> party; its chairman, Malik Zulu Shabazz, a lawyer and D.C. resident; > >> Minister King Samir Shabazz, head of the Philadelphia chapter who was > >> accused of wielding the nightstick; and Jerry Jackson, a Philadelphia > >> party member. > > >> Witnesses said Mr. Samir Shabazz and Mr. Jackson used racial slurs and > >> made threats as they stood outside the polling place door. > > >> [Get Copyright Permissions] Click here for reprint permissions! > >> <http://license.icopyright.net/3.7280?icx_id=/news/2009/nov/20/nixing-...> > >> Copyright 2009 The Washington Times, LLC > > >> icopy-w.gif > >> < 1KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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