WASHINGTON
– Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,
issued the following statement regarding the decision issued by the Supreme
Court today in Brnovich v. DNC.
Grassley also issued an open invitation for whistleblowers in the Justice
Department’s Civil Rights Division concerned about politicization following the
decision to file suit against the state of Georgia.
“Now
that the Supreme Court reaffirmed that activists will have a steep hill to
climb challenging common-sense election integrity measures under Section 2 of
the Voting Rights Act, the Justice Department’s hail-Mary lawsuit in Georgia looks
even more desperate. At this point the only purpose that lawsuit serves is
political messaging, which is unbecoming of the Civil Rights Division and its
dedicated career attorneys. My office welcomes any and all whistleblowers from
the Justice Department who are dissatisfied with President Biden and Vanita
Gupta’s politicization of their agency. If you think the Georgia suit was or is
unwise, I want to hear from you.
“Eric
Holder called the Civil Rights Division the ‘Crown Jewel’ of the Justice
Department. I hope their career attorneys will embrace that tradition and
follow the law and precedent outlined this morning by the Supreme Court. And if
their political leadership won’t let them follow applicable law or regulations,
our door is always open.”
Whistleblowers
may contact Grassley’s office
HERE.
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