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James Traficant: when the Justice Department is accused of a crime, the Justice Department investigates the Justice Department. Think…

On the recordFebruary 14, 2000
when the Justice Department is accused of a crime, the Justice Department investigates the Justice Department. Think about it. Eighty Americans were killed at Waco Texas; the Justice Department investigated themselves. Eighteen of those killed at Waco were children, literally burned to death. The Justice Department investigated themselves. Unbelievable. Peers investigating peers; buddies investigating buddies. Who is kidding whom, Madam Speaker? If the Justice Department was not guilty at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, when Vickie Weaver was shot right between the eyes, why did the Justice Department pay Randy Weaver $5 million? Beam me up. Congress should cosponsor H.R. 2201. Madam Speaker, I yield back all the exonerating investigations, self-investigations, at the Justice Department.

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Addressing the accountability of the Justice Department in investigations of its own actions.

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