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Pressing the FBI Chief
Wednesday, March 28, 2007; Page A13
A key White House explanation for some of the Justice Department's dismissals of U.S. attorneys is that they failed to aggressively pursue voter-fraud cases. But that seemingly high-minded issue is, according to Democratic lawmakers, a stalking horse for the administration's true partisan motivations.
The issue of how seriously the Bush administration cared about voter fraud arose at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing yesterday, where Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) repeatedly pressed FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III to say what he knew about the administration's concerns and about the shortcomings of U.S. attorneys.
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Schumer: Since 2001, have there been any FBI investigations related to election fraud which you believe should have resulted in an indictment but did not?
Mueller: Not to my knowledge . . . and nothing has come to my level.
Schumer: Has any special agent in charge ever brought such a case to your attention?
Mueller: No, sir.
Schumer: Have you ever been asked by officials at the DOJ or elsewhere in the administration about the FBI's view on how a specific election-fraud case was handled by prosecutors?
Mueller: No.
Schumer: Were you consulted in any way about the performance of any of the fired U.S. attorneys with respect to election-fraud cases?
Mueller: No.
Schumer: Has the attorney general ever conveyed to you complaints about how the FBI was handling any specific election fraud matter or about the FBI's conclusion in an election-fraud case?
Mueller: No.
Schumer: And how about the White House or any other public official from the same area?
Mueller: No.
