In political scandals, it’s not so much the crime as it is the cover-up.

There’s more to Ohio’s Democrat establishment’s outing of Joe the Plumber’s personal data than the official denials would have you believe, according to my radio partner Ed Morrissey:

What’s becoming apparent is that Ohio officials have something to hide.  The records-check request came from an assistant deputy director for child support.  When the story went public, the deputy director “literally demanded” Niekamp write the e-mail that would get them off the hook.  The agency’s leadership engaged in a cover-up — and that strongly implies that a crime got committed.

Niekamp told the Dispatch that she’s seen people get fired for unauthorized records checks, and that she herself fired one employee for the violation of public trust.  This has gone beyond just a mere firing.  It now looks as though Helen Jones-Kelley’s staff engaged in an attempt to obstruct justice, and Jones-Kelley’s lie about the Famous People Records Check appears to be part of it.

Go read the whole thing – before the act of reading the whole thing sets Mark Ritchie to releasing your personal data to the Strib.

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