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Watch live: Senate questions Holder on drug war, drones and gun control
Attorney General Eric Holder spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday about the Department of Justice’s plans to address marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado, along with the department’s recent disclosure that a drone strike on U.S. soil is legally possible. This live video is embedded courtesy of C-SPAN…
Attorney General Eric Holder: Drone strike on U.S. soil ‘hypothetically’ possible
The Obama Administration could use lethal force on Americans within the United States and without trial during “an extraordinary circumstance,” Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday. In a letter to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Holder said the Administration favored the use of law enforcement over the military when it…
Attorney General Eric Holder: Budget cuts will make us less safe
Attorney General Eric Holder warned on Wednesday that looming across-the-board budget cuts would harm national security. “The Justice Department is going to lose nine percent of its budget between now and September 30th,” he told Pierre Thomas of ABC News. “We’re going to lose $1.6 billion. There are not going…
Washington gov. cheers ‘very satisfying’ marijuana meeting with AG Holder
Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee (D) said Tuesday that a 45-minute meeting he had with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the state’s intent to regulate and tax marijuana was “very satisfying.” He added that the nation’s top law enforcement official said nothing to dissuade him from moving forward with…
Watch live: Holder and Bloomberg speak at mayors conference
Attorney General Eric Holder and NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg speak at the 81st meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors to discuss the fiscal cliff agreement, Sandy response, immigration and gun control. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Jan. 18. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news…
Watch live: Holder to hold news conference on BP settlement over Horizon spill
Attorney General Eric Holder holds a news conference in New Orleans, La., regarding a multi-billion dollar settlement by BP in connection with the Gulf oil spill. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Nov. 15. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Obama denies gun-running probe a ‘whitewash’
MIAMI — President Barack Obama on Thursday denied an official report into a disastrous US-government gun trafficking sting on the Mexican border, which cleared Attorney General Eric Holder, was a “whitewash.” A report published Wednesday by the Justice Department’s inspector general detailed “serious failures” by officials in the Bureau of…
Holder slams Republicans after being cleared in ‘Fast and Furious’ investigation
An internal Department of Justice investigation cleared Attorney General Eric Holder of wrongdoing in the “Fast and Furious” operation, a program that came under fire in an investigation led by California congressman Rep. Darrell Issa (R), who alleged that Holder’s negligence had botched the operation. According to Talking Points Memo,…
Justice Department won’t bring charges over CIA interrogations
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday that it had closed its three-year criminal investigation of two overseas CIA interrogations without bringing any charges. In a statement, Attorney General Eric Holder said, “the Department has declined prosecution because the admissible evidence would not be sufficient to obtain and sustain a…
House Republicans to sue Holder over ‘Fast and Furious’ documents
Expressing concerns about the Department of Justice’s independence, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee will file a civil lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder for refusing to release documents to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) in his investigation of the Department’s “Fast and Furious” probe of Mexican gun-runners. “We are…
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