alternate titles…
My Investigators Trump Your Investigators
or
My Claims of Bush Administration Inequities is More Important Than Yours.
I’m just free thinking the irony here.
You’ve got the OSC (US Office of Special Counsel) investigating the firing of the US Attorney Iglesias and potential Hatch Act violations by Karl Rove & Scott Jennings and then the OPM (Office of Personnel Management) investigating the OSC for their handling of Hatch Act cases.
The number of various potential Hatch act violations took a major jump in number…
See this CNN report for some background…
This report also suggests that a group of 12 employees that were reassigned by the OSC are represented by an attorney who has asked that the case be reassigned.
Debra Katz, an attorney representing the employees, alleged that Bloch launched the investigation into political activity at the White House because he feared repercussions from the investigation of his own activities.
The White House would find it difficult to fire Bloch if he is leading an investigation into the White House, she suggested in a letter to White House counsel Fred Fielding.
Then of course, you have the Senate Judiciary investigations and the House Oversight Committee and it’s clear that the remaining days of the Bush administration are likely to continually devolve as the number of investigations grow.
I’m finding it hard to believe that we are going to get through the summer without an appointment (or 2) of ‘Independent Prosecutors’ on some of these issues and it’s clear that the roller coaster ride is starting to roll.
Why is it that I am thinking that Fred Fielding is going to simply quit? It can’t be the pay, can it?