DOJ: First “Fast and Furious,” then bribery, and now kiddie porn?

**Posted by Phineas

Oh, for Pete’s sake! (1)

Looking at child porn online is a sure-fire way to get yourself into serious legal trouble β€” even if you were only looking at it for the sake of academic research. Internet law guru Eric Goldman calls child porn β€œtoxic;” any brush with it results in potential criminal charges as well as civil liability if the victim decides to seek damages. The war on child porn is the justification given for many a government initiative to curb Internet freedoms and reduce Internet users’ ability to stay anonymous on the Web.

So, it was with a great deal of surprise that Senator Chuck Grassley learned that an Assistant U.S. Attorney had child porn on his computer (for his pleasure, not as part of an investigation) β€” but faced no legal consequences.

This is from 2011, and guess who was the Attorney General?

Worst. Attorney General. In. History.

Via Christian Adams, whose post gives further examples of corruption at the Obama-Holder Department of Justice.

Footnote:
(1) Hey, ST! Remember when I mentioned on Twitter what happens to my language when I get really mad? Yeah, I had to edit this post.

(Crossposted at Public Secrets)

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