No charges against ex-Justice official

Attorney General Eric Holder has decided not to bring any criminal charges against a former Bush administration official who lawmakers said lied to them in sworn testimony. An inspector general's report found that Bradley Schlozman, the former head of the civil rights division, misled lawmakers in sworn testimony about whether he politicized hiring decisions. At his February confirmation hearing, Holder pledged he would review that decision to prosecute Schlozman when he took over the department and promised to strengthen and rebuild the civil rights division. Holder's decision was revealed in a letter sent to lawmakers on Friday. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who was one of Schlozman's questioners at the original hearing and had urged Holder take a second look at the case, called the attorney general's decision "very disappointing."