DOJ Civil Rights Staff/Whistleblowers Call for Congressional Investigation Asst USAG T. Perez

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Source: Press Release Former SEC OIG David Weber Counsel

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8:00pm

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION SENIOR STAFF
ANNOUNCE WHISTLEBLOWER, RETALIATION AND DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS AGAINST SECRETARY OF LABOR NOMINEE TOM PEREZ

MAKE DEMAND FOR DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION TO CEASE
AND
CALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS


Today, a diverse group of current and former members of the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division met with staff of the United States Senate-both Republican and Democrat-to outline substantial misconduct allegations against Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez. Mr. Perez is pending confirmation before the Senate as Secretary of Labor, and is rumored to be considered for a vote as early as this weekend.

Earlier this year, the Civil Rights Division, at the direction of Mr. Perez and his senior staff, began a widespread campaign of disparate treatment discrimination against Civil Rights Division employees who were disabled (mobility; hearing; vision; emotional; physical or mental condition); as well as of protected status based on race; gender; age; and/or parental status. Upon opposing this widespread, unlawful discrimination, DOJ employees have been subjected to an exceptionally hostile work environment and unlawful retaliation.

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David P. Weber, the DOJ whistleblowers’ attorney, issued the following statement: “Tom Perez has been nominated to be the protector of the American workforce. Yet, my clients have reported to Congress that under Mr. Perez, the Civil Rights Division rampantly discriminates against its own workforce, and retaliates against those brave enough to raise their hand.”

Mr. Weber further stated that, “after investigating the complaints of these whistleblowers, it appears it is ‘Opposites Day’ at the Department of Justice. While Mr. Perez and senior management of the Civil Rights Division sue private employers for discrimination and retaliation, they have no hesitance in discriminating against their own disabled, minority, whistleblowing staff. This cannot stand. We call on Congress to investigate these serious allegations, hold Mr. Perez’ nomination pending investigation, and demand that the Attorney General take immediate steps to curtail the discrimination and retaliation.”




Read more: http://www.senseoncents.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/DOJ_CRT_Press_Release_FINAL_7-12-13.pdf

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David Weber Took On the SEC and David Weber Won $580,000 & His Job Back If He Wanted

For those of you who may or may not have viewed the earlier background stories, David Weber is the former Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Inspector General (police of SEC) who was retaliated against for investigating the head management of the SEC for bad faith acts. Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone reported on the initial story, detailing a "Peyton Place" environment. When Mr. Weber felt threatened, he began to carry a gun - and the SEC fired him. But David Weber sued the SEC and prevailed, getting $580,000 and an offer by the SEC to reinstate him. (See my former DU Thread here http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014504933 )

Now, David Weber is utilizing his experience to truly make a difference and is becoming an American Super Hero!

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Here's the entire Press Release on the quest to investigate Mr. Perez;
reprinted with permission. (When WSJ and Mr. Doyle post their LBN's - I will link to it here by UPDATE).

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
8:00pm

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION SENIOR STAFF
ANNOUNCE WHISTLEBLOWER, RETALIATION AND DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS AGAINST SECRETARY OF LABOR NOMINEE TOM PEREZ

MAKE DEMAND FOR DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION TO CEASE
AND
CALL FOR CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS

Today, a diverse group of current and former members of the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division met with staff of the United States Senate-both Republican and Democrat-to outline substantial misconduct allegations against Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez. Mr. Perez is pending confirmation before the Senate as Secretary of Labor, and is rumored to be considered for a vote as early as this weekend.

Earlier this year, the Civil Rights Division, at the direction of Mr. Perez and his senior staff, began a widespread campaign of disparate treatment discrimination against Civil Rights Division employees who were disabled (mobility; hearing; vision; emotional; physical or mental condition); as well as of protected status based on race; gender; age; and/or parental status. Upon opposing this widespread, unlawful discrimination, DOJ employees have been subjected to an exceptionally hostile work environment and unlawful retaliation.

In addition, members of the Civil Rights Division also presented evidence to the Senate today of statistical evidence of disparate impact discrimination under the leadership of Mr. Perez. During Mr. Perez’ time as head of the Civil Rights Division, hiring and employment of Hispanic staff has decreased by a statistically significant percentage. But for discrimination, there is no legal explanation for the decline in minority hiring under Mr. Perez’ leadership.

The DOJ whistleblowers include two senior trial attorneys, one African American female, one Hispanic male; a white disabled female sign language interpreter; a disabled former Voting Rights Section analyst; an African American breast cancer-survivor paralegal specialist; a disabled former paralegal specialist; and the disabled African American architect who designed the only building bearing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall’s name, built during his lifetime. Each of these employees is also over age 40, and thus protected under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The Hispanic trial attorney whistleblower is the former founder of the national Hispanic Bar Association, as well as a founder of the local, District of Columbia Hispanic Bar Association.

In addition to Goodwin Weber PLLC’s whistleblower clients, approximately ten other DOJ Civil Rights officials have come forward as witnesses and provided corroborating information supporting these allegations. Goodwin Weber PLLC’s investigators met with each witness personally. The whistleblowers and witnesses are residents of the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland. Two are also former residents of California.

According to the DOJ whistleblowers and witnesses, the Perez actions are directed at preserving the positions of political appointees who have “burrowed” into Civil Rights Division through Perez’s patronage. Now, under fiscal constraints, Perez has directed senior DOJ staff to constructively terminate career staff in order to protect the political appointees from a Reduction in Force.

In addition, according to the DOJ whistleblowers, shortly after arriving at DOJ, Perez began apparent attempts at suppressing documentation of EEO violations within the Civil Rights Division. What first appeared to be numerous individual cases of discrimination has now aggregated over time to reveal a systemic practice of intentional noncompliance with federal sector EEO policies applicable to all federal agencies. In this manner, DOJ deflected and minimized the nature and severity of employee requests for EEOC compliance, creating a false and misleading "appearance" of "model agency" compliance within the Civil Rights Division.

The compromised integrity of DOJ civil rights EEOC compliance results not only in past and current harm to the numerous individual complainants who have risked and received retaliation for coming forward, but deceived Congress and the American public by presenting under-reported, inaccurate information to Congress that belies the actual enforcement of civil rights within the Department of Justice.

David P. Weber, the DOJ whistleblowers’ attorney, issued the following statement: “Tom Perez has been nominated to be the protector of the American workforce. Yet, my clients have reported to Congress that under Mr. Perez, the Civil Rights Division rampantly discriminates against its own workforce, and retaliates against those brave enough to raise their hand.”

Mr. Weber further stated that, “after investigating the complaints of these whistleblowers, it appears it is ‘Opposites Day’ at the Department of Justice. While Mr. Perez and senior management of the Civil Rights Division sue private employers for discrimination and retaliation, they have no hesitance in discriminating against their own disabled, minority, whistleblowing staff. This cannot stand. We call on Congress to investigate these serious allegations, hold Mr. Perez’ nomination pending investigation, and demand that the Attorney General take immediate steps to curtail the discrimination and retaliation.”


Mr. Weber is the principal attorney and a certified fraud examiner in Goodwin Weber, PLLC’s Washington, DC Office. He is licensed to practice law in New York, Maryland and the District of Columbia, as well as before the United States Supreme Court. Goodwin Weber PLLC is a boutique law firm with offices in Montgomery County, Maryland, New York City, and the District of Columbia. Mr. Weber is the former Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and himself a prominent whistleblower. Mr. Weber also teaches fraud, forensic investigation and accounting at the University of Maryland University College. You can read more about Mr. Weber’s practice at www.goodwinweberlaw.com.

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UPDATE 9:16 PM July 12, 2013 - Larry Doyle's - Sense on Cents Blog

Breaking News: DOJ Whistleblowers Charge Assistant AG Thomas Perez with Discrimination, Retaliation et al

[center][div style="display:inline; background-color:#F7F8E0;"]"David Weber Deserves Our Respect" [/center]

[div style="display:inline; background-color:#F7F8E0;"]- - Some are being too quick to rush to judgment and/or pounce upon Mr. Weber; simply because he was on a television show would rather not watch. If Matt Taibbi had a T.V. Network - or DailyKos radio asked him to appear - then we wouldn't have this problem. Nor is Lawrence O'Donnell, Ed Schultz or any other is serving U.S. by presenting David Weber in proper fashion or platform. As there are far too few who stand tall against tyranny, cronyism and corruption. As well as WAY too few ever prevailing (in short order as Mr. Weber has) - one would think Progressive media outlets would rush to promote his good form & character.

To those seeking to disparage David Weber, here's the Democrat - you're falsely inferring is right-wing;

1. - - Mr. Weber, like myself, is a fellow jew. Granted there are some RW yid's; but David ain't one of them.
   
2. - - David was an attorney at Law for a Union
   
3. - - He's from New York City (as am I)
   
4. - - Mr. Weber was part of litigation to halt Bank's abuse in Payday Loans
   
5. - - David represented employees of the National Treasury Union in equal employment opportunity issues
   
6. - - Weber is a member of both Gaithersburg's Police Advisory Commission and Tenant Landord
   
7. - - David has extensive works in forensics, frauds and, as is now well known, the SEC OIG
   
8. - - He is defending disabled, African American and Latino's against big gov bad faith parties like Mr. Perez
   

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- - David Weber is OUR (DU's) type of guy. The SEC put all its power, might and corrupt influence (and press leaks) in a quest to destroy him. - And David Weber BEAT the SEC's Corruption in short order!

-- Is Mr. Weber perfect? Probably not. However, this blogger, Laser (the Liquidator) Haas has come to despise attorneys at law; because every single one that has worked for me - Sold me Out. Yours truly just so happens to be a whistleblower, victim and witness. I'm burdened with the fact that David Weber can't be my counsel; because eToys is an outstanding SEC issue. As a matter of law (and proper jurisprudence on Conflict of Interest ethics) - - Mr. Weber is barred from touching SEC issues - for 2 years from his exit of the SEC.

[center]But I sure wish I could hire him - there would be none better for the job![/center]

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UPDATE July 15, 2013 7:37 pm Pacific - Brand New - LATEST BREAKING NEWS - Wall Street Journal and others now telling the story (see LBN - here)