Musical Chairs

The Justice Department's voting rights chief stepped down Friday amid allegations that he'd used the position to aid a Republican strategy to suppress African-American votes.

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Department spokesman Peter Carr said in a statement that [John] Tanner, of his own accord, "made the decision to pursue (an) opportunity" to work in the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices.

  McClatchy

Why not see what damage he can do there?

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

More Executive Privilege

And you didn't think there was room for any more.

The House Judiciary Committee was set to hold a hearing on the Civil Rights Division's voting rights section tomorrow, but no more. That's because the Justice Department has refused to allow the chief of the section, John Tanner, to testify. The committee has postponed the hearing until the Department allows Tanner to appear.

  TPM Muckraker

And on that day, Satan will be skating to work.