Inquiry revisits accusations that Justice Dept. protected lawmaker(Rep. Charles Taylor R-NC)

[maddezmom]

Inquiry revisits accusations that Justice Dept. protected lawmaker
By Barbara Barrett
McClatchy Newspapers

RALEIGH, N.C. - Four years ago in Asheville, N.C., a lawyer filed a document that contained a scandalous accusation: The U.S. attorney general had intervened in a local bank-fraud case and prevented investigators from questioning one of Congress' most powerful members, Rep. Charles Taylor.


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But many in the western part of the state recall a particular case a few years back that was handled quietly in the North Carolina mountains, when a pair of lawyers thought that Taylor, a North Carolina Republican, ought to be questioned over a loan-fraud case that involved the bank he owns.


"Essentially the question is, `Why was he not interrogated? Why was he not interviewed?'" asked Forrest A. Ferrell, the lawyer who leveled the charges in 2003. "He knew about it all and should've at least been interrogated about it."

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"My information was that the U.S. attorney general in D.C. prohibited the U.S. Attorney's Office in North Carolina from interrogating Charles Taylor," Ferrell recalled last week. He'd give no other details.

more:http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16941877.htm

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[SpiralHawk]

1. More republicon lies and manipulation.

Why do the republicons hate truth and justice?

Why do they hate America?

[Demeter]

2. They Aren't Willing To Pay The Costs of Democracy

So let's see how they like paying the costs of lawbreaking!