Obama lashes out at Senate after Republicans and Democrats squash DOJ nominee who once defended a COP-KILLER Debo Adegbile helped overturn Mumia Abu-Jamals death sentence for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia policeman Daniel Faulkner The president wants him to lead the DOJs office that deals with racial discrimination Abu-Jamals defense painted the African-American convict, not his white patrolman victim, as the victim of a racist courtroom lynching Obama called the vote a travesty in a biting statement fired off so quickly that the White House misspelled Adegbiles name Eight Democratic senators voted no including Majority Leader Harry Reid, who switched his allegiance in order to give political cover to vulnerable liberal incumbents facing tough re-election fights Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2574056/Angry-Obama-lashes-Senate-Republicans-squash-Justice-Department-civil-rights-division-nominee-defended-COP-KILLER.html#ixzz2v8g1XRy8 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 00:44:37 +0000