The Washington Times editorializes on the departure of Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn Fine. The paper concludes that Fine should stay through the end of the investigation involving this mess:
Longtime Justice lawyer Christopher Coates testified under oath that many in the Civil Rights Division exhibit a “deep-seated opposition to the equal enforcement of the Voting Rights Act against racial minorities and for the protection of white voters who had been discriminated against.” He said Julie Fernandes, deputy assistant attorney general for civil rights, made clear at a Voting Rights Section meeting that the Obama administration wouldn’t pursue voting rights cases involving black perpetrators. At another meeting, she said the administration wouldn’t enforce part of another law that called for states to remove ineligible names – such as dead people and incarcerated felons – from voter rolls.
The Times is right to ask Fine to stay on, and I will be writing in the future about more reasons why Fine’s presence is absolutely necessary. The Inspector General investigation is proceeding and multiple people inside the Voting Section have already been interviewed about what Julie Fernandes said at the meeting I was at. Since Fine initiated the investigation, Fine should finish it. Again, more on this in a future article somewhere.