J. Christian Adams

Ex-DOJer: Friends Reminded Me Of Mother Teresa's Advice When I Resigned Over Black Panthers

Ryan J. Reilly | March 29, 2011, 1:35PM

J. Christian Adams, former Department of Justice attorney

HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Despite his constant criticism of his ex-employer, former Justice Department lawyer J. Christian Adams said this weekend that he developed a "tight camaraderie" with employees in the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division who were "not insane."

It was when he spoke to those friends about his decision to resign from the Justice Department because of handling of an investigation into a voter intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party that Adams said he was "reminded by [sic] a story of Mother Teresa."

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True The Vote

Tea Party-Backed Anti-Voter Fraud Effort Touts Non-Partisanship At First National Conference

Ryan J. Reilly | March 28, 2011, 3:25PM

Anita Moncrief and Christian Adams

HOUSTON, TEXAS -- When you talk about conservatives who rail against the supposed scourge of voter fraud and support voter identification laws that many expert say depress turnout among Democratic-leaning constituencies, there's a few big names that invariably come up.

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New Black Panthers

Holder: Rhetoric On New Black Panther Case Does 'Great Disservice' To Civil Rights History

Ryan J. Reilly | March 1, 2011, 3:20PM

Attorney General Eric Holder went up for his first round of hearings in the Republican-controlled House on Tuesday, where he faced questions over the Justice Department's handling of a two-year-old voter intimidation case against members of the New Black Panther Party.

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Eric Holder

GOPer Wolf Questions AG Holder On Allegations Of Politicized FOIA Process

Ryan J. Reilly | March 1, 2011, 11:20AM

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and DOJ Whistleblower J. Christian Adams

Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) had his first shot at Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday, and he based his first question on a report on the handling of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests authored the ex-Justice Department "whistleblower" behind the controversial New Black Panther Party case. But Holder said he looked into the allegations made by former Justice Department lawyer J. Christian Adams and found there was "no ideological component to how we answer the requests."

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