WASHINGTON, July 30 (UPI) -- The leaders of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday asked President George W. Bush to condemn the politicization of the Justice Department.
Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., pointed to a recent investigation that found former Justice Department officials allowed Bush administration politics to influence the hiring of immigration judges and career government lawyers, The Hill reported.