There’s a generally pretty strained line of questioning right now between Rep. Spencer Bachus and Attorney General Holder. But one thing Bachus has zoomed in on is that the Justice Department apparently doesn’t have a formal process of committing a recusal decision to writing. To be clear, I don’t think there’s any reasonable question whether Holder in fact recused himself. But a recusal in a significant enough thing that I would think you’d always want to formally put something on paper.
Acting IRS Commissioner points to two “rogue” agents at IRS’s Cincinnati office as responsible for “overly aggressive” reviews.
We’ve heard from several readers about this article last night in Bloomberg which some readers believe contradicts the main premise of the IRS scandal – that right-leaning or Tea Party groups were targeted for extra scrutiny. But I don’t think that’s what it says. Read More
Reid edges toward nuclear option to force a vote on Cordray nomination for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Ariel Castro Lawyer: It’s unfair and offensive that “the media and the community want to demonize this man before they know the whole story.”
Father accidentally shoots 1 year old daughter in chest while stripping guns.
Anti-gay Scottish Cardinal who resigned after gay sex scandal will leave Scotland for “several months of prayer and atonement.”