Did Eric Holder Commit Perjury in Black Panther Voter Intimidation Case? Watchdog Publishes Some Revealing Documents
- Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:03pm by
Jason Howerton
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
A conservative watchdog group on Wednesday questioned the accuracy of sworn testimony given by Attorney General Eric Holder in the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) voter intimidation case. Questions surrounding Holder‘s testimony come in the wake of a recent court ruling that also calls into question the veracity of sworn testimony from Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Thomas Perez regarding the Justice Department’s decision to drop its voter intimidation lawsuit against the group.
Documents recently obtained by Judicial Watch indicate that top political appointees at the DOJ were closely involved in the decision to dismiss the NBPP lawsuit, which multiple DOJ officials, including Holder, have denied in their sworn testimony. The group claims that the records, which include internal DOJ email correspondence, “directly contradict testimony by Perez, who testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that no political leadership was involved in the decision.”
Judicial Watch secured the documents pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit: Judicial Watch v. Department of Justice.
The DOJ initially refused to turn over the documents, arguing they didn’t show “any political interference whatsoever.” However, a federal judge disagreed with their assertion and in a July 23, 2012 ruling, Judge Reggie B. Walton in Washington, D.C. District Court ruled:
The documents reveal that political appointees within DOJ were conferring about the status and resolution of the New Black Panther Party case in the days preceding the DOJ’s dismissal of claims in that case, which would appear to contradict Assistant Attorney General Perez’s testimony that political leadership was not involved in that decision. Surely the public has an interest in documents that cast doubt on the accuracy of government officials’ representations regarding the possible politicization of agency decisionmaking.
The DOJ filed its lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party following an incident that occurred outside a polling station in Philadelphia in November of 2008. Former President George W. Bush was still in office. According to video and multiple witnesses, members of NBPP stood in front of the entrance of the polling station, one holding a club, and intimidated voters by using racial epithets and questioning people of their voting intentions.
(Source: YouTube)
Going against the recommendation of its own advisers, the Obama DOJ dismissed the majority of charges. According to Judicial Watch, current and former DOJ attorneys “have alleged in sworn testimony before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights that the Holder DOJ’s NBPP and other civil rights-related decisions are made on the basis of race and political affiliation.”
And now the testimony the attorney general himself is being called into question for seemingly misleading testimony. On March 1, 2011, Holder testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies and said:
“The decisions made in the New Black Panther Party case were made by career attorneys in the department. And beyond that, you know, if we’re going to look at the record, let’s look at it in its totality.”
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled against the DOJ after reviewing documents that included email correspondence between two political appointees: former Democratic election lawyer and current Deputy Associate Attorney General Sam Hirsch and Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli.
The subject of the email? “Fw: New Black Panther Party Update.” Hirsch writes:
Tom,
I need to discuss this with you tomorrow morning. I’ll send you another email on this shortly.
If you want to discuss it this evening, please let me know which number to call and when.
Further, according to Judicial Watch, there are still documents that describe the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case that the Obama administration continues to withhold. These documents allegedly include a description of a May 13 “email chain” that shows involvement of political appointees in the NBPP decision.
Taken directly from the DOJ’s Motion for Summary Judgment filing:
Acting DAAG [Steven Rosenbaum] advising his supervising Acting AAG [Loretta King] of DASG’s [Hirsch’s] request for a memorandum by the Acting DAAG reviewing various options, legal strategies, and different proposals of relief as related to each separate defendant. Acting DAAG forwarding emails from Appellate Section Chief’s and Appellate Attorney’s with their detailed legal analyses including the application of constitutional provisions and judicial precedent to strategies and relief under consideration in the ongoing NBPP litigation, as well as an assessment of the strength of potential legal arguments, and presenting different possible scenarios in the litigation. [Emphasis added]
More form Judicial Watch:
In fact, political appointee Sam Hirsch sent an April 30, 2009, e-mail to Steven Rosenbaum (then-Acting Assistant Deputy Attorney General for Civil Rights in charge of voting rights) thanking Rosenbaum for “doing everything you’re doing to make sure that this case is properly resolved.” The next day, the DOJ began to reverse course on its NBPP voter intimidation lawsuit.
Regarding the Attorney General’s knowledge of the NBPP decision, Judicial Watch also obtained two e-mail reports sent by former Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Loretta King to Holder.
The first report, entitled “Weekly Report for the Week ending May 8, 2009,” was sent on May 12, 2009, notes: “On May 15, 2009, pursuant to court order, the Department will file a motion for default judgment against at least some of the defendants” in the NBPP lawsuit. The report further notes that the NBPP “has been identified as a racist hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Anti-Defamation League and the founders and members of the original Black Panther Party.”
The second report, entitled “Weekly Report for the Week ending May 15, 2009,” was sent on May 18, 2009, demonstrates that the DOJ did an abrupt reversal on the NBPP issue: “On May 15, 2009, the Department voluntarily dismissed its claims” against the NBPP and two of the defendants, the report noted. The DOJ moved for default judgment against only one defendant.
“It is becoming increasingly clear that the leadership of the Justice Department, including Attorney General Holder, has a problem with truth. There needs to be an independent investigation into whether Messrs. Holder and Perez committed perjury in testifying under oath about the Black Panther controversy,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement.
Read the entire report from Judicial Watch and related court documents here.
Watch the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation incident below:
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Comments (96)
thegreatcarnac
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:53pmOf course he committed perjury. It is no big thing to him. The whole obama regime is a form of perjury. It began with obama being an illegal citizen and president.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:11pmDo NOT question these people…..they are black, and if you question them you are a racist homophobe who is waging a war on women and you also hate illegals who are on welfare…..”so shut up and sit down while we DESTROY your country…….
Report Post »txdave22
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:18pmShow us your proof!!! No one on blaze ever has facts, proof, just ridiculous opinions.
Here are my facts: VITTER ADMITTED HE HAD USED GIRLS FROM DC MADAM TO THE MEDIA WITH HIS WIFE AT HIS SIDE, STILL GETTING A GOVT PAYCHECK, YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK————————–VITTER FOR VEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!Are you and rubio and other senators FOR OR AGAINST ADULTERY AND BREAKING THE COMMANDMENTS? You never say a thing about vitter, admitted adulterer, whoremonger. Can we assume adultery so ordinary among pub politicians nothing needs to be said? Sen Ensign’s resignation after aduterous affair last year would seem to suggest adultery rife in the GOP. What do you say?What does romney say, rubio, ryan? Nothing. So, if you don’t speak against gay marriage, you must be for it. If you don’t speak against ADULTERY, WHOREMONGERING, WHICH VITTER ADMITTED, you must be for it. That is not a stretch, logical.
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:21pm!Does anyone think this looks like the Old Days of the Mafia/Mob? This is like the God Father; the only question now is, where are all the Bodies Buried! Maybe someone could write a sequal to it. They would have to use obama and holder, because their the two main characters! How can they lie to us and keep their jobs? This is rediculous, just watching the five on Fox. They just played a tape “Voice” of the person that said his wife died because of Romney and Baine; you’ll never believe this. They have an Audio of the Guy saying just the oppisite of what he said on the Video! OMG people you could screw theses people in the Ground, because their so Crooked! And then the obama media is telling everyone they’re not tied to the people who did the Video! The only person in the Universe to lie more than Satan? obama! Not only is obama a liar, his whole admin lies! I guess we can call obama the Father of all Lies
Report Post »woodyb
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:24pmAu contraire, CARNAC –
Haven’t you heard? The Obams regime redefines all things relating to their activities, and PERJURY is now defined as ‘TELLING THE TRUTH, UNDER OATH’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Therefor, Holder and Obama can NEVER BE charged with perjury!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:55pmThese folks are wasting their time! Holder is on one of Obamas pardon list so you can’t touch him. Holder is also from the Clinton Adm. Remember Bill & Hillery are just like the Obamas – both lawyers. With Clinton there was Flowers Gate, Vince Gate, Travel Gate, White Water Gate, Monica Gate and M_asterbate Gate. The only thing that happened to Clinton was that he lost his Arkansas License to be a lawyer.
Report Post »bigbear_awake
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 6:10pmThe whole obama regime is a JOKE AND congress and the house need people with BAlls and IMPEACH bho
Report Post »txdave22
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 6:17pmPubs, don’t you gotta love those frisky critters? Check senior bush and romney advisors………lot of this going on in GOP: ——————————————Parker J. Bena was a Republican activist and a key player in the campaign to elect George W. Bush as President. Bena was charged and later pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and lying to the FBI. Bena reportedly told the feds that he had received an unsolicited e-mail containing pictures of children (some as young as three years old) performing various sexual acts, but agents learned that he had in fact voluntarily entered a number of child pornography websites and downloaded the images himself. This is said to have involved acts with children as young as 3 years old, on his home computer. Parker J. Bena was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000. Source: DemocracyUnderground.com
Louis Beres is a past chairman of the Christian Coalition of Oregon. Three of his family members accuse him of molesting them as children, when they were pre-teens. In an Editor and Publisher article, in August 2006, Beres confessed to the accusations facing him. The Portland Mercury
John Bolton, President George W. Bush’s highly contested appointee ambassador to United Nations is suspected of forcing his former wife to be involved in unsavory group sex acts. Corroborated allegations that Mr. Bolton’s first wife, Christina Bolton, was forced to engage in group sex have not been refuted. TRUE
Report Post »QuincySmith
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 6:35pmTXdaveIQ22;
I don’t know what you have against Vitter, but it is getting old. Try to comment on the current story.
Report Post »QuincySmith
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 6:37pmDoc;
I won’t go so far as agreeing with you (oblama is the Father of all Lies), but he certainly is a close relative.
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 7:20pm@TXDAVE……jibber- jabber what’s logical is easy to extrapolate….Standards on decline the world over.>Socialism increasing, the world over.>genocide.>NWO rising .>Evil everywhere.>Sexual deviance normalized.>depravity increasing.>>>Prophecy fulfilled…..
Report Post »The rise of human depravity coincides with the rise of the NWO, because of the psychology of FEAR. A couple more “crazy man” mass killings, and Obama will have reason to seize some guns, which will cause other crazy shootings, one more baby step toward chaos.
Remember, it is cries for “peace…peace..” that causes us to be stripped of liberty, which causes us to rage against the machine, which causes the machine to come down hard.
The whole scenario, in this country, anyway, is to weaken the strongest populace in the world…Americans. It is working. The latest generation to come of age , unfortunately, is more closely related to rats and gerbils than human beings. I’ve met a few that are decent people , but not many. The goal of the left is to cause chaos and insecurity in the U.S., to foment fear, any way they can. Strangely enough, This, I believe, is Satan’s agenda also.
Jaedin
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 8:11pmTXDAVE22…Harry is that you!
Report Post »kindling
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 2:14amSo much for hope and change because things have changed and I hope you have enough food stored because they are going to make it a whole lot worse.
Report Post »KURT1010
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 5:53amTXDAVE2
Report Post »What the hell are you talking about ? Has nothing to do with the subject matter. Your nuts !!
rp454
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 3:02pmtxdave is off his meds again. The same spirits that talk to Nancy Pelosi are in his head.
Report Post »libsaredangerous
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:49pmAnd what happens to a Attorney General sworn to uphold the law that repeatedly uses a bastardized interpretation of the law as a whip and for political gain. Politics aside, what these people are doing to our institutions and to the oath of office is irreparable, unless someone actually is able to put them in jail. The billions of dollars in fines collected by various departments and backed by the DOJ–where is that money? Where did it go? Has it been shuffled around?
Report Post »SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 1:08amIf you don’t belong to Judicial Watch cosider joining or atleast make a donation.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:46pmYou asking me? This poser should have been kicked out before even starting to get the position. His coniving Clinton ties should have prevented him getting the job in the first place (remember all the pardons?). Too bad Congress didn’t do their job then. :)
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 7:41pmAll of it planned and orchestrated. A two thousand year old vendetta come to us here, now.
Report Post »Supernaturally efficient. We are witness to the greatest heist in history….
AmericanPatriot
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:45pmWe all knew this. I remember it as Count One in the felonies and misdemeanors this administration has committed against this country. Well, truthfully, Count One was the theft of the election.
During this entire administration, it’s amazed me how many times their actions remind me of Charles Manson and Helter Skelter. Old Charlie must be laughing his ass off.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:44pmWhat else is new,done it many times before and been caught. Nothing done about it so I guess it’s OK. He laughed at the house committee and walked away.
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:44pmYUB Hatin’?! He’s a victim of SPS: Smoking Pants Syndrome.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:38pmIf I had to guess, I would say it’s likely he did.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:37pmJust imagine what they may be up to for this election. God help US
Report Post »RetiredAmericanNavyTaxpayer
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 8:07pmMight not be a good idea for them to try the same thing twice unless maybe they do it in the heart of the ‘hood’.
Thanks to the publicity about the first event there just might be a few concerned citizens packing pepper spray, mace, bigger sticks or something ‘stronger’ in mixed-race areas, keeping an eye on the polling places. You know, concerned citizens that have had just about enough of the BS and aren’t going to put up with it anymore.
Report Post »this1can
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:36pmthey knew the day would come when they would need the NBPP again. that’s why it was all dropped Love/Pray
Report Post »daveposh
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:35pmAhhh. The image of Eric Holder et.al. behind bars is slowly moving towards reality.
Report Post »OniKaze
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:44pmI am afraid that won’t happen….
Beside Rob What’s-his-nuts from Illinois, when was the last time you saw a national politician (or one of his buddies) go to jail and actually spend some time behind bars??
I can’t think of ANY…
Report Post »QuincySmith
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 6:49pmOniKaze;
Trafficant, and Rostenkowski (Chicago, imagine) to name two
Report Post »Landon410
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:26pmall we have to do is get our majority and try these guys for their crimes, including barry the half white president
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:37pmAdd into that all in Congress who have committed crimes as well.
Report Post »muffythetuffy
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:44pmSO WHAT?
It does not matter. No white Congressman or Senator will dare call for for Holder or any Black to be held for perjury. Even the US Supreme Court fears ruling against a black. We now know that it was Roberts who did not want to hear the case about Obama’s birth place and citizenship.
Report Post »Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:54pmBecause congress is the beacon of moral purity and has a long track record of seeking justice.
Excuse me, I need to go vomit.
Report Post »lilium479
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:26pmHow many times does he have to commit perjury before he goes to jail…….cut the crap.
Report Post »muffythetuffy
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:55pmNEVER
No black man is going to jail for perjury. Congress is not going to do anything against blacks. No COP or Federal agent will do anything against a black who threatens a white.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 6:30amUnder Epic Holdup and Sweet Old Barack no black can be tried for intimidation of whites or for shoting at whites in a drive by. Look at Chicago today, they criminals who are black know that Rob Emmanuel is not going to violate Sweet Old Baracks policy that blacks cannot be racists and only commit these felonies because they are rebeling against white prejudices.
OMG Nov 6, 2012
Report Post »Mapache
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:25pmWhen Obama loses on November 6th, Holder will resign and Obama will pardon him for this and Fast and Furious…..I see it in my crystal ball!
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:32pmMaybe we should wait until Obama is out of office and then, throw both of them in jail.
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 5:21pmCan a president pardon someone for treason?
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 10:16pmHumbleman……….The president can’t pardon him, if he too is charged with treason
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:23pmGuess who is going to get a Presidential Pardon before Obama leaves office?
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 7:49pmThat is why he is falling on his sword, obama’s behest.
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:23pmThey ( he & his ) justify that we deserve it for all the years of oppression , well Life Karma is right around the corner . We forgive but will never forget !@ I never understood the holding of a grudge for bring them to this country like we robbed them of the good life ? The worst job in America is hands down better than the best job in Africa …. anyday ……
Report Post »contkmi
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:20pmMaybe CONgress will finally start impeachment proceedings.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I crack myself up sometimes.
Report Post »Locutus
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 6:08pmYou silly goose!
Report Post »Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:20pmFunny (or maybe not) but having somebody like Holder in charge of the DOJ is like appointing a fox as head of security for the hen house. I pray future generations of Americans will have enough clarity of thought and reason to look back on this dark time and say, “WTF were they smoking?”.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:17pmIn obama‘s and Holder’s America…..blacks can threaten and intimidate white people and stand and intimidate white voters and nothing will be done. I guarantee that no one will intimidate me into not voting against this racist marxist…named obama. I will bet we will see these black panthers again at voting areas. We need to come to our voting ares prepared to fight. Whites will get no help from authorities. Washington d.c. is asking for trouble and they will get it.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:17pmhmmmm…let’s think on this for a minute…Did Eric Holder Commit Perjury in Black Panther Voter Intimidation Case? ……if he opened his mouth and spoke at all then I would say a resounding YES.
Report Post »QuincySmith
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 6:39pmCan’t argue with your logic.
Report Post »raderby
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:15pmproblem with the truth?
the guy is a lying sack. Jail time might partially make up for his skullduggery while in the DOJ. partially.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:14pmIt makes no difference if he DID commit Perjury because it would carry the same penalty as being found in Contempt of Congress did for Holder.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:13pmThis doesn‘t tell us anything we didn’t already know but it’s nice to have some evidence.
Report Post »Impenitent
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:10pmwait, wait… is it too late for executive priviledge?
Report Post »Sirfoldallot
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:10pmN &, will do nothing to this bunch, but whine & cry . Bunch of cowards on the hill. Keep it up cowards & we all will have nothing.
Report Post »oldasdirt
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:09pm“It is becoming increasingly clear that the leadership of the Justice Department, including Attorney General Holder, has a problem with truth. This whole administration has a problem with the truth. If any Conservative administration had done one tenth what this group has done,Liberals would be screaming from the rooftops.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on August 8, 2012 at 4:20pmThe Justice Department is misnamed. There is no truth or justice there. There hasn’t been since they decided to pick one race and make it above the rest of the people in the country. Under Holder..it has become worse and it needs to be cleaned out.
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