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A politicized Justice Department?

Posted July 10th, 2008 by Dave Culver

The attorney general testified that he has seen only dedicated employees. Senate Democrats didn't buy that.

McClatchy News Service

Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday (July 9) dismissed allegations of widespread politicization within the Justice Department, saying he hadn't seen evidence of it since he took office eight months ago.

Mukasey's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee came after the Justice Department's inspector general concluded last month that some officials were weeding out job and internship applicants with liberal credentials before Mukasey took office.

When Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., asked him whether he'd found that the department had been politicized, Mukasey said he'd instead encountered "enormously dedicated people."

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