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Justice Department to investigate PA voter ID law
The Justice Department, headed by Attorney General Eric Holder, has requested that the state of Pennsylvania hand over “information and databases” required to determine whether the state’s new voter ID law is discriminatory, according to CBS News. Pennsylvania’s law is one of many of its kind that Republican politicians are…
Justice Department will not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder
The US Justice Department said it would not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder over his refusal to hand over documents on a botched gun-running operation to Congress, even after the House of Representatives held him in contempt. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, Deputy Attorney General James Cole…
Kilmeade: Dems ‘playing the race card’ during Holder contempt vote
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade insists that Democrats in Congress were “playing the race” card when they walked as House Republicans were voting to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt. Kilmeade on Friday asked Geraldo Rivera “who looks best” after Republican Representatives — led by House Government and Oversight…
WATCH LIVE: Eric Holder reacts to contempt vote
Attorney General Eric Holder reacts after House Republicans vote on holding him in contempt. Watch this live video from CNN, broadcast June 28, 2012. …
Judge rules Florida may continue voter purge
A federal judge in Tallahassee on Wednesday rejected a request to force the state of Florida to halt it’s non-citizen voter purge program. Earlier this month, Attorney General Eric Holder’s Justice Department had asked the court to block the purge based on the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which says that…
AG Holder to investigate high profile leaks of classified national security info
US Attorney General Eric Holder appointed two prosecutors to lead a criminal investigation of high-profile leaks of classified national security secrets. The “highly-respected and experienced prosecutors will be directing separate investigations currently being conducted by the FBI,” Holder said in a statement. “I have notified members of Congress and plan…
Fox News host suggests Holder ‘inciting racism’ to ‘boost minority turnout’
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Monday suggested that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was “inciting racism” in a effort to get more minorities to vote for President Barack Obama. Kilmeade noted on Monday that the state of Florida had vowed to defy a Justice Department order to halt a…
About As Evil As It Possibly Gets
And the Wall Street Journal goes there, accusing AG Eric Holder’s crusade to combat voter suppression of minorities as being nothing more than “racial incitement”. The United States of America has a black President whose chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Eric Holder, is also black. They have a lot…
Republicans want answers in Iraq-Hezbollah case
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans demanded answers Thursday from the Justice Department and Pentagon for why a Hezbollah suspect accused in the death of five US soldiers was transferred to Iraqi custody before being charged with war crimes. In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta,…
Rep. Issa releases draft resolution accusing Holder of contempt
WASHINGTON — A key Republican lawmaker released a draft resolution Thursday accusing US Attorney General Eric Holder of contempt of Congress for allegedly failing to cooperate with a probe into a botched government effort to track arms flows into Mexico. Darrell Issa, head of the House Oversight and Government Reform…
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