The mess surrounding the Bush administration's interference at the Department of Justice continues to grow.
The latest revelation concerns a settlement with tobacco companies back in 2005. The government was suing cigarette makers for $130 billion, with the money to be used for stop smoking campaigns. Then in June of that year, the Justice Department suddenly decided to settle the whole thing for $10 billion. Some eyebrows were raised at the time, especially since tobacco are major Republican campaign contributors. However, nothing more became of it at the time.
Now we learn that several Bush appointees were behind the reduced settlement amount.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm stunned that Bush would play politics with human lives.
The latest revelation concerns a settlement with tobacco companies back in 2005. The government was suing cigarette makers for $130 billion, with the money to be used for stop smoking campaigns. Then in June of that year, the Justice Department suddenly decided to settle the whole thing for $10 billion. Some eyebrows were raised at the time, especially since tobacco are major Republican campaign contributors. However, nothing more became of it at the time.
Now we learn that several Bush appointees were behind the reduced settlement amount.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm stunned that Bush would play politics with human lives.
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