Jen Rubin first reported here and here on the existence of a letter written by former DOJ attorney and New Black Panther trial team leader Chris Coates to a Justice Department official documenting his concerns about unequal enforcement of voting rights laws. Now, Rubin tells us, the U.S. Civil Rights Commission wants that document. In a letter, a draft of which was obtained by THE WEEKLY STANDARD, the commissioners ask Attorney General Eric Holder to produce documents which would shed light on the testimony of civil rights head Thomas Perez, which we now know is misleading. (This, too, was revealed in THE WEEKLY STANDARD’s June 21 story.) The commissioners explain:

The commissioners then demand documents prepared by former DOJ lawyer Christian Adams as well as “writings or emails Mr. Coates prepared about the New Black Panther Party litigation or hostility to the race-neutral enforcement of the voting laws in the month preceding Mr. Perez’s testimony, particularly one on or about April 26, 2010.”