First the baton welding Black Panthers, now Bill Richardson.

“(AP) New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former high-ranking members of his administration won’t be criminally charged in a yearlong federal investigation into pay-to-play allegations involving one of the Democratic governor’s large political donors, someone familiar with the case said.

The decision not to pursue indictments was made by top Justice Department officials, according to a person familiar with the investigation, who asked not to be identified because federal officials had not disclosed results of the probe.

“It’s over. There’s nothing. It was killed in Washington,” the person told The Associated Press.

A federal grand jury began an investigation in 2008 into a possible pay-to-play scheme in which lucrative work on state bond deals went to a Richardson donor. The federal probe derailed Richardson’s appointment as commerce secretary in President Obama’s administration.

Richardson withdrew his nomination in January, saying the investigation would have delayed his confirmation although he said he expected to be cleared.”

Another decision not to prosecute by top DOJ official of either a sympathizer or a friend of the administration. I guess this one got too close to home with the political donor at the center of the probe, David Rubin, also gave $30,000 to Barack Obama’s campaign. Seems the only people that Holder’s DOJ is interested in prosecuting are CIA agents and law enforcement officers.

I think it’s becoming way past the time to begin looking into this trend.

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