You guys might remember Bradley Schlozman as the head of the DOJ's Civil Rights Division-cum-U.S. attorney in Kansas City, and then due to his work at Main Justice. Schlozman's became famous around DKos because he talked of replacing Clinton appointees with "good Americans" and keeping tabs on a lawyer who he had heard, "didn't even vote for Bush" and after his arrival in Kansas City, prosecutors filed charges agaisnt ACORN, which made democrats suspicious. In August 2007 he left justice department.
The Wall Street Journal reported today that lawyers have filed for a grand jury referral, which could lead to criminal charges, in order to investigate Schlozman's involvement in improper prosecutions during his time running the DOJ's civil-rights division in general.
According to TalkingPointsMemo the referral appears specifically tied to possible perjury in his 2007 congressional testimony.
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Schlozman claimed that he'd brought the indictments "at the direction" of the director of the Election Crimes Branch in the Public Integrity Section. Schlozman later filed a clarification of his Congresional testimony, in which he had first stated that he was "directed" to pursue the timely prosecution of the voting group by superiors. In his later revision he took "full responsibility" for prosecutorial discretion:
"I want to be clear that, while I relied on the consultation with, and suggestions of, the Election Crimes Branch in bringing the indictments when I did, I take full responsibility for the decision to move forward with the prosecutions related to Acorn while I was the interim U.S. Attorney," he said in the clarification.
In separate news DOJ inspectors are hoping to complete the investigation in the coming weeks:
Separate investigations into the department's handling of the prosecutor firings and related issues, which are being conducted by the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility and the Inspector General, are expected to be completed within the next few weeks, lawyers familiar with the probe said. Both want to abide by department guidelines aimed at clearing up politically sensitive investigations well before the elections, to avoid accusations they could influence the outcome.