Thorburgh: Bush DoJ carried out political prosecution.

Dick Thornburgh, former Republican Attorney General under President Reagan, told the House Judiciary Committee today that “he thinks the Justice Department had political aims in prosecuting a high-profile Democratic coroner from Pennsylvania.” Thornburgh, who is representing the coroner, said his client was “an ideal target for a Republican U.S. attorney trying to curry favor with a (Justice) Department which demonstrated that if you play by its rules, you will advance.”