In an effort to salvage the discredited allegations of racism in the Justice Department, Hans Von Spakovsky now claims that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights investigation is “no longer primarily about” the phony New Black Panther Party scandal. Instead, he claims, it's about “sworn testimony” that DOJ official Julie Fernandes “instructed Voting Section lawyers that no cases would be brought against any black or other minority defendants no matter how egregious their violations of the law.”

Von Spakovsky did not say what “sworn testimony” established this, but in his testimony, DOJ activist and so-called “whistleblower” J. Christian Adams testified that he “was told by Voting Section management that cases are not going to be brought against black defendants for the benefit of white victims.” Adams' accusation, however, is based entirely on conjecture and hearsay:

DAVID BLACKWOOD (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights general counsel): That is extremely important -- these instructions. Were you there when they were given?

ADAMS: I was -- I was present at one instance when the statement was made, and Mr. Coates gave me a recollection of a second time that instructions were given in a management situation.

BLACKWOOD: Okay. The first time, when you were present, who made the statement?

ADAMS: Okay. Two things. The statement was that we were in the business of doing traditional civil rights work, and, of course, everybody knows what that means, and helping minorities -- helping -- litigating on their behalf.

That statement was made by Julie Fernandes, who is the DAAG.

This is nowhere near establishing that Fernandes ever said that “cases are not going to be brought against black defendants for the benefit of white victims.” And in fact, the Obama Justice Department has twice pursued injunctions against black defendants for voting law violations.