Sunday, May 06, 2007

Palast / RF Kennedy, Jr. Says USA Griffin [Roves replacement US attorney] Under Investigation [... for voting rights violations?]

Breaking: RF Kennedy, Jr. Says USA Griffin Under Investigation | by 4Freedom | Fri May 04, 2007 at 08:25:13 PM PDT

Tonight in Montpelier, Vermont, Greg Palast announced that he received a phone call this evening from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. that US Attorney replacement Timothy Griffin, Rove's former assistant, is under investigation for election fraud.

Palast published this on Griffin in March:

Timothy Griffin, Karl Rove’s assistant, the President’s pick as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Griffin, according to BBC Television, was the hidden hand behind a scheme to wipe out the voting rights of 70,000 citizens prior to the 2004 election.

Key voters on Griffin’s hit list: Black soldiers and homeless men and women.

(snip)

Targeting voters where race is a factor is a felony crime under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ...

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