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Watch live: Holder announces major financial fraud action

Attorney General Eric Holder and department officials hold a press conference to announce a major financial fraud enforcement action. They will also take other questions from reporters. Watch live, broadcast on Feb. 5. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.…

Holder gives clearance to Virginia voter ID law

The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday said it approves of proposed changes to Virginia’s election laws, showing that the Obama administration does not uniformly oppose Republican-sponsored voter identification requirements so long as allowances are made for legitimate voters without photo identification. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has been an…

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…

Watch live: Walker and Holder attend vigil for Sikh shooting victims

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder attend a vigil for the Sunday shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Cree, Wisconsin that claimed the lives of seven people, including the gunman who killed himself. Watch live, broadcast on MSNBC on Aug. 10.…

CREW calls on Holder to release secret drone strike memo

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and other groups on Monday called on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to release a memo that provided legal justification for the killing of American terror suspects overseas. “By withholding this memo, DOJ seems to be trying to evade the accountability that…