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On the recordApril 17, 2013
The I.G. has found no evidence of biased enforcement of voting rights laws, politically based hiring, or politicized FOIA responses.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse highlights improvements in the Department of Justice under Perez's leadership.

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