"The Department of Justice was forced to revise inflated mortgage fraud statistics after an FBI memo revealed that an administration task force
greatly overstated the amount of fraud victims, the number of charges filed, and the size of related monetary losses. In an October press release, the DOJ initially stated that the group indicted “530 defendants for allegedly victimizing more than 73,000 American homeowners — and inflicting losses in excess of $1 billion.” But
following pressure from the FBI, the Justice Department updated that release to show that the actual number of indictments was just 107 — an 80 percent reduction in criminal charges from the number originally claimed...Bloomberg columnist Jonathan Weil sought the complete list of cases from the Justice Department last fall, but was
repeatedly rebuffed by a DOJ representative. Although he was told multiple times that the information was forthcoming, the data never materialized."
Well jeez, who could have seen that coming? Info requested followed by stonewalling..
Holder exaggerated DOJ track record on financial fraud | The Daily Caller
I'd say they were too busy community organizing but the article goes on to say this isn't the first time Holder did this with financial crimes. He did it in 2010 with "Operation Broken Trust"
when he tried to take credit for counting investigations going back to 2006.
Say, how many cases does it take for the media to call Holder a liar if an 80 percent error is just an exaggeration? Let's see, in reality 107 indictments, 530 reported by DOJ...it must be the new math.
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