Could Report Put Thomas Perez’s Nomination in Jeopardy?
President Obama’s rumored choice for labor secretary could face difficulty in the confirmation process now that a new inspector general’s report says Thomas Perez gave incomplete information to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
The inspector general’s report, released Tuesday, said as a Justice Department official Thomas Perez did not provide a full account to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights when he said the department’s political leadership was not involved in the decision to dismiss three of the four defendants in a lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party.
The report also concluded, however, that Perez did not intentionally mislead the commission.
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