DOJ Report Confirms Attorney Leaked Docs to Discredit 'Fast and Furious' Whistleblower

Attorney has already resigned over incident

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General published a new report Monday that confirms former U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke leaked a document intended to smear Operation Fast and Furious scandal whistleblower John Dodson.

The DOJ IG said it found "Burke's conduct in disclosing the Dodson memorandum to be inappropriate for a Department employee and wholly unbefitting a U.S. Attorney."

"We are referring to OPR our finding that Burke violated Department policy in disclosing the Dodson memorandum to a member of the media for a determination of whether Burke's conduct violated the Rules of Professional Conduct for the state bars in which Burke is a member," the IG wrote.

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[dantheserene]

Is May the Administration's confession month? At this rate, they're going to confess to at least one scandal from every month since they took office, in the hope that no one will notice all the others (or pay too much attention to any one of those confessed).