Fred Thompson debuts new position on abortion just in time to debut new campaign for president.
Fox News takes a second stab at apologizing over the Conyers/Jefferson ‘goof’ …
We hear that the DOJ has closed its inquiry into former Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ).
No prosecution. No further action.
Breaking: Pundit actually praises Nancy Pelosi, says she could prove to be an “exceptional” speaker!
New Abramoff guilty plea: Italia Federici come on down!
For a backgrounder on Federici’s role in the case, see the TPMmuckraker bio.
About that Turkish incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan: apparently it didn’t happen.
Yesterday, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, DOJer Bradley Schlozman claimed that the director of the Election Crimes branch, Craig Donsanto, had authorized his election timed ‘vote fraud’ indictments in Kansas City last year. But it turns on that fired US Attorney David Iglesias worked closely with Donsanto on this very issue when he was overseeing the DOJ’s vote fraud task force. And Iglesias tells us he doesn’t buy Schlozman’s testimony.
Romney “welcomes” Fred Thompson to the campaign, says he’ll bring a “Hollywood aura” to the contest. That and other political news of the day in today’s Election Central Happy Hour Roundup.
We’ve just posted the documents from the latest DOJ document dump. If you’d like to help us rake them, join us in our document dump research thread.