Because we’re all equal in the eyes of the law, when an investigation by the Bush Justice Department’s Inspector General finds that a former top Justice Department official broke the law, the relevant U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Bush Justice Department declines to prosecute.

Because we are, after all, you know, a nation of laws.

Investigators say a former top Justice Department official made false statements to Congress and violated federal law in overseeing the agency’s civil rights division.

The accusations are included in a new report by the department’s inspector general, Glenn Fine, on Bradley Schlozman, the former acting head of the civil rights division.

Tuesday’s report is the latest of several inquiries that found senior Justice Department officials violated civil service laws under the tenure of former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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The report says Schlozman politicized and mistreated his staff and tried to punish agency employees he believed were too liberal. …
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Investigators referred the case to federal prosecutors last spring, but they decided last week not to file charges against Schlozman.

The investigation, conducted with the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility, found that Schlozberg did not tell the truth to Congress when he told Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in a June 2007 hearing that he did not consider political affiliations in hiring.
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Earlier inquiries by Fine’s office concluded that top Gonzales advisers discriminated against applicants for career jobs who weren’t Republican or conservative loyalists.

Of course, no one was prosecuted then either. That’s Bush justice for you.