AG on VA Hospitals
Holder says no investigation.
Attorney General Eric Holder downplayed the seriousness of the deaths of 40 veterans at a VA hospital in Phoenix, saying, “Well, obviously these reports, if they’re true, are unacceptable, and the allegations are being taken very seriously by the administration. But I don’t have any announcements at this time with regard to anything that the Justice Department is doing.” He added that the situation is “something on our radar screen.” Yet Holder was all too quick to investigate the Trayvon Martin case and defend the monitoring of Associated Press telephones. His transparent motivations for enforcement make him more of a political bouncer than a Rule of Law AG. More…