By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

Information obtained from the Obama Department of Justice by the Washington-based government monitor Judicial Watch appears to document that a political operative participated in the decision to drop large portions of a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party that essentially already had been won.

Judicial Watch announced in a statement today that it has forced the disclosure of the existence of documents "indicating Democratic election lawyer Sam Hirsch was involved in the DOJ decision to dismiss its voting rights case against the New Black Panther Party for Self Defense."

"These documents show the Obama Justice Department's decision to drop the Black Panther case was certainly political and potentially corrupt," Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said today.

"The Black Panther decision is a scandal for the Obama administration, and it merits serious attention by investigators," he continued. "Assistant Attorney General Perez seems to have been less than candid in his sworn testimony when he said no political appointees were involved in the decision. http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=205805