Mukasey will not prosecute in DoJ hiring scandal Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday that the Department of Justice would not pursue criminal charges against former employees implicated in an internal investigation on politicized hiring practices. “Where there is evidence of criminal wrongdoing, we vigorously investigate it,” Mukasey said in a speech at the American Bar Association. “And where there is enough evidence to charge someone with a crime, we vigorously prosecute. But not every wrong, or even every violation of the law, is a crime.” Mukasey said the wrongdoing outlined in the two reports did not merit criminal charges because it constituted “only violations of the civil service laws.” He acknowledged, however, that the two reports underscored systemic failures at the department....