The following release from Senator Schumer’s office just arrived via email:

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) released the following statement Friday after the Justice Department declined to overturn a decision by the previous administration not to prosecute former Justice Department official Bradley Schlozman for perjury. Under questioning by Schumer at a 2007 Senate hearing about politicized hiring at the Justice Department, Mr. Schlozman provided responses that an independent investigation later determined were untruthful. In spite of that finding, the Bush administration declined to prosecute Schlozman, prompting Schumer to request in January of this year that the matter be reviewed.
“This is a very disappointing decision. Perjury is often a close call, but in this case it wasn’t. Mr. Schlozman was way over the line.”
–U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer