Alabama: John Tanner working in Alabama now
AP reports: The former chief of the Justice Department's Voting Rights Section, who stepped aside in December after apologizing for remarks about minority voters, is now working on election-related issues for the Alabama Law Institute.
John Tanner, who is being paid by the Justice Department under a federal program, also will teach at two Alabama law schools.
The law institute's president, Alabama House Speaker Pro Tem Demetrius Newton, said he personally contacted Tanner when he heard the long-time voting rights specialist wanted some time away from Washington. At the institute, a part of the University of Alabama, Tanner's work includes developing handbooks for public officials on getting Justice Department approval of election-law changes. ...
He will also teach about election law in the fall at Alabama's law school and then in the spring at Samford University's law school, McCurley said.
Tanner said Justice Department policy limits what he can say publicly.
But he is participating in the federal government's program to loan personnel to other government agencies. The Justice Department is paying Tanner's salary and benefits to be in Alabama through next spring. "It's not costing me anything," McCurley said. -- Justice's former voting rights chief now in Alabama