Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) has written to Attorney General Eric Holder about the injustice of the Rubashkin case.
Congresswoman Jackson Lee is a friend of President Obama and is a member of both the Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees. She also sits on the Subcommittees on Courts and Immigration – all Committees that are strongly related to the case of the former meat plant manager, harshly sentenced to 27 years in prison.
Jackson Lee urges Attorney General Holder to investigate allegations of “unreasonableness and unfairness in the prosecution and sentencing of Sholom Rubashkin.”
“The Rubashkin case raises issues of questionable legal ethics, excessive sentencing and a potential miscarriage of justice, all of which are a serious concern to me as a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee,” she says.
Jackson Lee is joined by Congressman Bob Filner (D-CA), who also wrote to Attorney General Holder this week, bringing the number of Congressmen and Congresswomen who have written about the Rubashkin case to 11.
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y do u care im not 6 but still great news!
Attorney General Holder was also appointed by President Obama. What does the fact that she is a friend of the president have on the case?
Yes Hashem is The One that Will save SMR but maybe sometimes Hashem wants to do it through a way that looks more natural~ B’tevah. We hope and daven that he should have a Revealed Miracle with the Coming of h’eNow!
non jews have moral responsibility too. She is upholding moral values….TRUTH. its so refreshing to see people holding up American values of the democratic way of Truth.
Thankyou and blessings to Congresswoman Sheela Jackson. Heres hoping that other people will be inspired by your courage and sincerety. G-d may be the one to do it, but you have taken the step to show that truth has value!
I wonder if Congressman Filner’s letter was a “boiler plate” text that he lifted onto his own stationary. I noticed two errors:
1. “..the largest meatpacking plant in the United States.” Agri may have been the largest kosher plant in the states…
2. 2nd paragraph: “Freedom of Information Act filling”: Filling goes in doughnuts. Perhaps the congressman meant “filing?”
I should be encouraged by the fact that even a congressman’s writing is less than perfect.
political gaims? They need jewish votes and they promis whatever you want to hear. If they have intention to do something, they would do it without poblicity. I understand that if a jew is in prison, he must be helped inspite of anything. But they blackmail us with such help. American jews are so naiv.When you finaly open your eyes!!!!
Thank you to the dear Shluchim in Houston, Texas who arranged the meeting erev Rosh Hashana (literally) with Sheela Jackson Lee and accomplished all this. This is how we will win.
when will Holder respond and finally do something? Rubashkin is suffering each day. Isn’t 6 former attorney generals and all these congressmen enough already for him to start doing something?
c”v -who cares about what these people are saying hashem is the only one who can save him not any basar vadam
how could we even think that this gives us hope when hashem is the ruler not obamas freind
How old are you?
b”h things are being done. thank you
(a relative of smr)
Is Holder really the only resource for accountability in the whole of America? Someone else must have authority.
Very impressive.
Laser sharp article. Itching to see some more of this from other Congresspeople.
May this lead to SMR Geulah Now.
There are some good people in the world. Or, at least, people who do good things.
Amazing!! i thought that was very well written