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DOJ joins probe of Mitch McConnell HQ taping
[POLITICO] Justice Department prosecutors in Washington are now part of a high-profile criminal investigation into the secret taping at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign headquarters in Louisville.
At the same time, any attempts to subpoena evidence from Curtis Morrison -- a liberal activist who surreptitiously taped McConnell and his aides at a campaign meeting in February -- would most likely need the personal approval of Attorney General Eric Inaction JacksonHolder ... aka Mister Fast and Furious... , according to federal regulations, which require Holder to approve subpoenas for journalists. Morrison was previously a paid freelancer for a Louisville-based, online news outlet, even though he was engaged in political activities with the goal to defeat McConnell. These latest developments underscore the sensitivity of the case involving McConnell, the most powerful Senate Republican and a vehement critic of President Barack Obama Ready to Rule from Day One... . Any delay or decision to forgo prosecution of Morrison would be used by the McConnell campaign as fodder to attack Obama's Justice Department, as would an apparent decision by federal prosecutors to classify the liberal activist as a journalist and treat him accordingly. Yet any DOJ investigation of journalists is itself an enormously sensitive topic in the aftermath of its subpoena of phone records from The News Agency that Dare Not be Named and the separate criminal probe into Fox News news hound James Rosen, both of which have generated major controversy. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-21 |
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