US ATTORNEY SHOULD LOOK INTO MAZIARZ SCANDAL
This is some serious stuff here. Was there some political favoritism going on here? I would think yes, possibly… This should be investigated, will Hochul do it or is there a little to much closeness going on with him and Maziarz too? Inquiring minds want to know!nephew of Sen. George Maziarz. That nephew, Stephen Maziarz, worked as an inspector on the Peace Bridge. He was accused of trying to smuggle goods into the United States with the help of another individual. Both Stephen Maziarz and the other individual faced federal charges, but ultimately, Battle dropped the investigation, saying thatWILL NEW US ATTORNEY LOOK INTO PAST CASES OF POLITICAL FAVORITISM?…DID BATTLE BEND RULES TO FAVOR MAZIARZ’S NEPHEW?
“it wasn’t appropriate to pursue charges.”
When Michale Battle gave up his job as the U.S. Attorney serving the Western region in New York, he went on to serve as the Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) within the Department of Justice. In that capacity, Battle played a prominent role in the firing of eight U.S. attorneys. He was the person who contacted seven of them, according to reports, and asked them to resign.
But the firing of the US Attorneys wasn’t the only thing that Battle was guilty of. Being involved in such politically-motivated firings leads to speculation about the political influence behind some of Battle’s decisions when he was a U.S. attorney in Buffalo.
Now, many believe that Battle’s role in the U.S. attorney scandal was one that he wasn’t happy to go along with. That appears to be true in several accounts, including fired U.S. attorney David Iglesias’ book, “In Justice: Inside the Scandal That Rocked The Bush Administration.”
But there was one incident while Battle was the U.S. attorney in Buffalo that featured a nephew of Sen. George Maziarz. That nephew, Stephen Maziarz, worked as an inspector on the Peace Bridge. He was accused of trying to smuggle goods into the United States with the help of another individual. Both Stephen Maziarz and the other individual faced federal charges, but ultimately, Battle dropped the investigation, saying that “it wasn’t appropriate to pursue charges.” Whether or not political motivations were behind that or not is anyone’s guess. But considering Battle, while the consensus is that he is a good guy, still was willing to go along with the U.S. attorney firings, it raises questions about political influence in his own office while he was serving as a U.S. Attorney.
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