John Tanner leaves Voting Section
McClatchy Newspapers report: John Tanner, under fire for allegedly letting politics influence civil rights enforcement at the Justice Department, disclosed Friday that he is being removed from his job as chief of the Voting Rights Section.
Tanner became the latest casualty at the scandal-plagued Justice Department, which has claimed about a dozen top officials including Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in recent months.
For months now, Tanner has been enmeshed in congressional investigations into the alleged politicization of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division.
At the center of those inquiries was his role in approving a controversial, Republican-backed Georgia law requiring every voter in that state to produce a photo identification card.
His ouster, weeks after Michael Mukasey took over as attorney general, drew praise from former voting rights lawyers. -- Justice's voting chief is being removed - 12/14/2007 - MiamiHerald.com
TPM Muckraker has the text of Tanner's notice to his staff.