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Christmas Comes Early for John Doolittle - JD Hayworth will not be investigated by Justice Department

Posted by Aaron Park on December 16, 2007 at 10:35 PM

From Chuck Muth’s news and views came a snippet from Espresso Pundit regarding JD Hayworth – buried in the Arizona Republic in the middle of their rag – the Justice Department has decided not to investigate Hayworth’s ties to Jack Abramoff. If you read the Bee, each article on John Doolittle includes the requisite three mentions of Investigation, Ongoing and Abramoff. The wheels are coming off of the freight train as the investigation seems to be dying out despite desperate attempts from the Bee and others to keep it alive.

The article was posted on Dec 11, 2007…

The snippet is:

“You may have missed the news that the Justice Department has decided not to conduct a formal investigation of former Congressman J.D. Hayworth. ...Hayworth said Thursday that the Justice Department has told his lawyers they’ve decided against a formal investigation into his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

“Political stories have a short half life, so it’s easy to forget the feeding frenzy that the national and local media conducted on Hayworth. . . . The coverage cost Hayworth his congressional seat, his reputation and a small fortune. It was media fodder for over two years.

“One of the (Arizona) Republic reporters who covered (Hayworth’s opponent Harry) Mitchell is now Mitchell’s congressional spokesman. Now the Justice Department has decided not to even formally investigate the charges. And what does the Republic print? A few words on the back page just below the international weather maps. One more reason why the public despises the media.”

This revelation tells you two things – one, that the investigations of Republicans who got money from Abramoff are politically motivated. They got JD Hayworth out of his seat in Congress, so they decided not to move on an investigation.

Two – this also signals the incredible weakness of any cases the Justice department can make against John Doolittle or anyone else they could not lynch yet.

Merry Christmas, John Doolittle – your re-election is looking better by the day. More news on that front to be rolled out as the week progresses.

BONUS! AZ REPUBLIC ARTICLE

Note how short the article is and it was buried in the print version of the paper.

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