Mukasey Will Not Prosecute Justice Department Hiring Abuses

Attorney General Michael Mukasey says he will not prosecute the political hiring of career Justice Department employees. Mukasey called the practice disturbing but says he will not take further action - despite an Inspector General report released this summer that revealed politics were systematically used to determine who was and who was not hired. The report also found that Monica Goodling and Kyle Sampson, two people in charge of many hirings, broke civil law by blatantly asking ideological questions during interviews, even failing to hire qualified people with suspected Democratic leanings.

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