A new study shows that United States Attorney offices may have been politicized throughout the Bush administration. A study of reported federal investigations of elected officials and candidates shows that Bush’s Justice Department pursues Democrats far more than Republicans. 79 percent of elected officials and candidates who’ve faced a federal investigation (a total of 379) between 2001 and 2006 were Democrats, the study found ‚Äö√Ñ√¨ only 18 percent were Republicans. During that period, Democrats made up 50 percent of elected officeholders and office seekers during the time period, and 41 percent were Republicans during that period, according to the study. The chance of such a heavy Democratic-Republican imbalance occurring at random is 1 in 10,000,” according to the study’s authors.
March 22, 2007 5:42 AM
