Study: Feds Chase Dems More than GOPers

[KoKo]

By Paul Kiel - February 7, 2007, 12:24 PM

Is the White House politicizing United States Attorney offices across the country? The controversy continues to roil after the Senate hearing on the topic yesterday. But that may be only half the story: a new study shows that such federal investigations may have been politicized throughout the Bush administration.

A study of reported federal investigations of elected officials and candidates shows that the Bush administration’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 – 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.

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[Jackpine Radical]

1. This must just prove

that only Democratic politicians are criminals.

[lancdem]

3. lol

[MissWaverly]

4. yeah, that's why CREW has 25 of the most corrupt Bush people

on it's website, link is here

http://www.citizensforethics.org/execcorruption/

:-)

[redqueen]

2. I am shocked... SHOCKED!

:sarcasm: