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Needed to be brought. >> slam dunk. this was the clearest case of voter intimidation i have seen since i began practicing law. megynlaw. megyn: when the case was brought, who was at the top, president bush or obama. >> bush. megyn: you become the lead attorney. >> five attorneys worked on this case in the voting section. jays becker was the assistant southern general during the bush administration. megyn: chris coats was your boss? >> thats right. he has been practicing voting rights law since 1...

And this is part of a p.r. campaign, this vote tonight will wrap up the voting section of this entire process. >> thats right, bret. coming to you live from the white house briefing room, little inclement weather pushed us inside tonight. a quiet night at the house. much quieter than sunday. feeling of history diminished as compared to sunday. president is probably keeping track of this vote. but the president will not issue a statement tonight. he will not appear publicly. he is not even going ...

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Policy made very clear to him anyway, he says, is that minorities will be protected when it comes to voting rights but not necessarily whites, that all the emphasis, all the focus should go toward minorities. so thats the main thrust of what he said today. he made some very strong allegations against some of the people who have this belief in the justice department who have now risen to higher positions in the obama administration and who are in contro here. lets listen to one more thing that ch...

To dismiss criminal action against the panthers. and that cause a national outcry. today, testifying in front of the u.s. commission on civil rights in washington, christopher coyotes, the former chief of the justice departments voting section flat out accused the obama administration of ignoring the law. >> we had eyewitness testimony. we had videotape that there were two people standing in uniform in front of apology place. one of them had a weapon. they were hurling racial slurs. 11 b of the ...

Appointed official in this administration should give you chills. >> reporter: is eric holder providing over a department of justice that is corrupt. why would a seemingly slam-dunk case in which white voters appeared to be intimidated be dropped? >> the hostility in the voting section and in the civil rights section to bringing cases on behalf of white victims to the benefit of national racial minority that was on open display in the department. >> reporter: they gave us a statement and it says...