Eric Holder and the politicized Justice Department

Eric Holder is the first black attorney general, and apparently his number one job is to preserve, protect and defend other black people, to the exclusion of all others.  The Department of Justice has never been so heavily politicized. In the summer of 2010 a man named J. Christian Adams blew the whistle and said that word came down from above to "Never bring another lawsuit against a black or other national minority, apparently no matter what they do."*  That sounds like institutionalized racism to me. Related topics: Preferential treatment of the Black Panthers. Black crime, black racism, and black-only organizations. Note:  These articles are listed in chronological order, so the newest information is at the bottom of this page. Read this article: Meet the Radical DOJ Lawyers Suing Sheriff Joe.  Today [5/10/2012] the Eric Holder Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio.  The civil rights lawsuit was filed by the notorious Civil Rights Division, headed by truth-challenged Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez.  Perez formerly headed the illegal alien advocacy organization Case de Maryland.  But the radicalism of the legal team aligned against Sheriff Joe does not end with Tom Perez.  Let's meet the radical Justice Department lawyers who drafted and filed this complaint. Holder loses his cool during House hearing when asked about Fast and Furious.  A visibly frustrated Attorney General Eric Holder slammed the table when responding to a question about Operation Fast and Furious during a Tuesday [2/28/2012] budget hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. AG Holder Could Be Jailed for Ongoing Fast & Furious Cover-up.  Tensions are rising quickly in the investigation of the deadly federal gun-running operation "Fast and Furious" as Attorney General Eric Holder's Department of Justice continues to unlawfully withhold subpoenaed documents.  The persistent stonewalling prompted Congress to renew its warning that contempt proceedings against top Obama administration officials are imminent if the cover-up does not end. Eric Holder's 'Fast and Furious' woe.  [Scroll down]  But any personal instinct toward some common "executive branch" empathy for Holder is muted not only by the dubious character of Fast and Furious, but by some of the attorney general's other actions, as well.  While out of office, for example, he famously called for a "reckoning" for CIA officers and other officials who authorized and conducted operations that were edgy and risky and intended to deal with difficult circumstances. House Judiciary letter warns Holder not to redistribute $335M Countrywide settlement to ACORN affiliates.  In a letter obtained by The Daily Caller, House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Lamar Smith warned Attorney General Eric Holder not to permit the transfer of funds from a recent $335 million Department of Justice settlement to organizations associated with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, more commonly known as ACORN, or other advocacy groups allied with President Obama.  Smith is concerned that flimsy language in the settlement agreement with Countrywide Financial — the mortgage arm of Bank of America — could be politically motivated. Eric Holder Blocks South Carolina Voter ID For Racial Reasons.  Eric Holder has been on a racialist bender the last few weeks.  Last week, he said his skin color is responsible for the fury of criticism over his Justice Department allowing thousands of guns to flood Mexico.  Friday [12/23/2011], he blocked South Carolina from implementing a voter ID law under the Voting Rights Act saying it was racially discriminatory. Justice Dept. rejects South Carolina voter ID law, calling it discriminatory.  Friday's [12/23/2011] decision by the Justice Department could heighten political tensions over eight state voter ID statutes passed this year, which critics say could hurt turnout among minorities and others who helped elect President Obama in 2008.  Conservatives and other supporters say the tighter laws are needed to combat voter fraud. Voter ID Is Not Jim Crow.  As the government's chief lawyer, Holder is tasked with enforcing federal election laws in an objective, nonpartisan, race-neutral manner.  Instead, Holder parroted the talking points of the Democratic National Committee and racial-grievance organizations, falsely comparing voter-ID requirements and other election reforms with the violent efforts of state officials to keep black citizens from the polls a half-century ago.  Holder claimed that such practices "remain all too common."  This comparison insults the heroic work of so many who helped end the injustices of Jim Crow. DOJ Finds A Cause.  In the end it couldn't have come as any great shock when the Department of Justice intervened on behalf of a Muslim school teacher who claimed that the board of her Illinois school district was guilty of religious bias. ... Still, even Americans accustomed to the relentless — more precisely the relentlessly selective — political correctness of the Obama Justice Department had to have been startled at the facts of this case and the deranged notions of equity that had impelled Eric Holder's DOJ to go rushing into battle against the school district. AG Holder Needs to Retract False Statement about Domestic Violence.  Holder made a mockery of Obama's pledge to keep ideology out of scientific inquiry. Caution: NPR.  This article reeks with left-wing bias. Justice Department Tougher On Abortion Protesters.  [Troy] Newman leads Operation Rescue, a group that protests at abortion clinics across the country.  He calls this Justice Department's approach to the FACE Act "a political tool to shut them up, shut them down and make them go away."  "This is a ridiculous overstepping of the federal government's bounds and with the intent of restricting our freedom, our liberties and our speech," says Newman, who says he was sued under the same law by the Justice Department when Bill Clinton was president. Eric Holder's People.  The attorney general defends the Justice Department's mishandling of the New Black Panther voter intimidation case in racial terms at the same time he says race had nothing to do with it. 'My People' and the American People Eric Holder Serves.  House Republicans need to put another item on their to-do list:  ask Attorney General Eric Holder for his resignation ASAP.  Two years ago he insulted every American when he called us "a nation of cowards."  Yesterday [3/1/2011] in front of a House Appropriations Committee Hearing he all but admitted he's not about to honor the Pledge of Allegiance's promise of "justice for all."  Holder brought his $28.2 billion budget request before the lawmakers and got to witness just how willing some people are to have a discussion about race. Bonner: BP spill fund 'a monster' created by Obama Administration.  Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) pleaded with Attorney General Eric Holder Tuesday [3/1/2011] to do all he can to speed up the distribution of funds by the system set up by BP in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon spill last year. Holder ill serves his 'people'.  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. played the race card in congressional testimony on Tuesday, referring to blacks as his "people" while neglecting the rest of Americans.  That race-based lens pervades his Justice Department, causing consistently skewed enforcement of the law. We, the Unhyphenated Americans.  My fellow Americans, who are "your people"?  I ask because U.S. attorney general Eric Holder, who is black, used the phrase "my people" in congressional testimony this week.  It was an unmistakably color-coded and exclusionary reference intended to deflect criticism of the Obama Justice Department's selective enforcement policies.  It backfired.  In pandering to skin-deep identity politics and exacerbating race-consciousness, Holder has given the rest of us a golden opportunity to stand up, identify "our people," and show the liberal poseurs what post-racialism really looks like. Eric Holder's liberal racism:  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. should resign.  He is a disgrace to his office and to his country. ... Mr. Holder is the nation's top law enforcement officer.  His duty is to uphold the law and apply it fairly and equally to everyone — regardless of race.  In other words, his job demands that he be colorblind.  By his own words, he has shown he is unfit for the position. Dems Should Seek Eric Holder's Resignation.  President Obama's supporters should hope Attorney General Eric Holder resigns.  His embarrassing tenure has given Republicans a potent symbol of leftist extremism combined with comic incompetence.  This nasty blend is symbolic of the entire administration, as shattered expectations of moderation and competence played a significant role in the midterm tsunami. Forcing Holder out.  The calls have begun for Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s resignation.  Potential Republican presidential candidates Newt Gingrich and Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty both took that position last weekend in response to last week's embarrassing result in the trial of Guantanamo terrorist detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailiani. Ship of Fools:  Obama's Intimates and Advisors.  [Scroll down]  Holder was also instrumental in the "stealth pardons" of two Weather Underground terrorists, Susan Rosenberg and Linda Evans (both closely associated with President Obama's terrorist friends, Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn).  Rosenberg and Evans had been serving decades-long sentences for bombings targeting American government facilities.  Again Holder helped circumvent the pardon process and evade objections from prosecutors regarding the terrorists' jail terms. Obama Should Think Twice About This Clinton Retread.  Attorney General candidate Eric Holder played a key role in the much-maligned pardon of fugitive Marc Rich. Barack Obama close to naming Eric Holder as first black attorney general.  Although his appointment would underline to the black community the transformative message of Mr Obama's own election, it would also amplify murmured concerns that promises to reform Washington are being watered-down.  Mr Holder, 57, was the deputy Attorney-General under Bill Clinton and embroiled in the bitter controversy surrounding the pardon of Democrat donor Marc Rich after giving a "neutral, leaning towards favourable" opinion of letting one of the FBI's "most wanted" go free on the former president's last day in office. Eric Holder:  Crook, Liar, Attorney General.  I watched as much as I could tolerate of the confirmation hearing for Eric Holder to be Attorney General in the Obama Administration.  He claimed that his participation in the last minute pardon of Marc Rich was "a mistake" and that he had "learned from it, and would be a better Attorney General because of it."  The nature of his mistake was that he "did not know" the details of Marc Rich's crimes and situation.  Let's examine those claims. Unpardonable:  Holder's Marc Rich Shuffle.  Eric Holder's intercession on behalf of fugitive Marc Rich is so inexplicable that he has always viewed ignorance as his best defense.  It's as though Holder believes that a deputy attorney general looks better for having remained studiously unaware of critical facts in a criminal case before throwing his weight around.  But that's Holder's story, and he's sticking to it:  even if it turns out not to be true. Don't Confirm Holder.  If the issue weren't so serious for our nation, the irony would be delicious.  Eric Holder, President Obama's choice for Attorney General is justly criticized for many things.  But the fact that he recommended that President Clinton pardon and release from prison unrepentant FALN terrorists while at nearly the same time advocating that law-abiding gun owners be imprisoned if their registration papers are not in order reveals a hard core left wing agenda. Eric Holder Approves of Bookstore and Library Searches... Where's the Outrage?  For years we've seen news agencies and opinionists rail against the expanded power of the FBI to search such records.  But, now with Obama's AG announcing in his confirmation hearing that he agrees that the FBI should have this power, all anti-Bush administration voices are silent on the matter that had them so exercised for 6 years. Holder not questioned about Waco Branch Davidian siege.  U.S. Attorney General-designate Eric Holder was prepared to be bombarded during his Senate confirmation hearings Thursday with a host of questions about a variety of topics, including his role as acting attorney general during a special investigation into the 1993 Branch Davidian debacle.  While he fielded questions about waterboarding terrorist suspects and the 2001 pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich, Senate Judiciary Committee members didn't get around to asking about the Branch Davidian investigation. Let The Witness Answer First.  Eric Holder seems certain to be nominated for Attorney General.  Republican Senators are saying there will be "tough" hearings during which they will "grill" Holder on his role in the Marc Rich affair, although it is not clear there will be a serious effort to derail his nomination.  I'd suggest that before Senators declare themselves committed or not committed to giving him a pass, they get some clear answers from Holder.  The questions are numerous.  Here are just a few. Holder is Disqualified by Mark Rich Pardon.  Soon after Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich, the former president and I had a brief telephone conversation.  I had been downright heated about the pardon, a lot angrier than I had ever been about Monica Lewinsky.  Clinton implied that I had things historically backward.  Long after the Rich pardon had been forgotten, he said, the Lewinsky scandal would remain a vivid memory.  That day is yet to come.  The Rich pardon is back.  The vehicle for this lingering echo from the year 2001 is the choice of Eric Holder as Barack Obama's attorney general. GOP probes Holder's role in Elian Gonzalez case.  Senate Republicans have requested information about Attorney General nominee Eric Holder's role in the Elian Gonzalez controversy as part of a broad probe into his tenure with the Clinton administration and potential ties to presidential scandals during that era. A Pardon to Remember.  When President Bill Clinton pardoned a billionaire fugitive from justice on his last day in office, even usually loyal Democrats were dismayed.  Representative Henry Waxman of California called it "bad precedent" and "an end run around the judicial process."  He said it appeared to set a double standard for the wealthy and powerful.  The billionaire was Marc Rich, a commodities trader, and his pardon is a subject of discussion again because Eric Holder, Mr. Clinton's deputy attorney general at the time and a key figure in the clemency process, is reported to be Barack Obama's choice for attorney general. Will Holder's Role in Lewinsky Probe Get Scrutiny?  Transition aides, and much Washington speculation, have focused on [Eric] Holder's brief part in Clinton's controversial last-minute pardon of fugitive tycoon Marc Rich as a potential snare in confirmation hearings.  But the behind-the-scenes role Holder played in the Monica Lewinsky probe — a 10-month Justice Department ordeal — offers a much fuller record to scrutinize.  And like everything else with that polarizing scandal, Holder's shifting positions at the time are likely to be judged differently depending on one's view of Clinton and Starr. Obama's Attorney General:  President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the veteran Washington lawyer in place to become the first African-American to head the Justice Department, according to two legal sources close to the presidential transition. ... The sources said the Obama transition team is still debating over who should serve under Holder in the key post of deputy attorney general.  One top candidate ... is Elena Kagan, dean of the Harvard Law School and a former lawyer in the White House counsel's office under Clinton. Why Make Holder Attorney General?  During the 1970s and 1980s, Marc Rich made billions of dollars by trading with enemies of the United States, including selling weapons to the Iranian regime of Ayatollah Khomeni and helping Russian mafia figures launder money from smuggling drugs and material for nuclear weapons.  He fled the United States and renounced his citizenship in order to avoid paying at least $48 million in income taxes in what U.S. attorneys called "the largest tax-evasion scheme ever prosecuted."  He spent years on the FBI's "Most Wanted" list and even his own lawyer, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, called him a traitor.  In 2001, Eric Holder, Barack Obama's apparent choice to be the next Attorney General of the United States, helped arrange a Bill Clinton pardon for this career criminal. Specter seeks to slow down Holder confirmation.  Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, wants to slow down the process of confirming Eric Holder attorney general, citing lingering concerns about the nominee's role in the 2001 pardon of Marc Rich. Confirming Fears:  [Eric Holder] is convinced justice in America needs to be "established" rather than enforced; he's excited about hate crimes and enthusiastic about the constitutionally dubious Violence Against Women Act; he's a supporter of affirmative action and a practitioner of the statistical voodoo that makes it possible to burden police departments with accusations of racial profiling and the states with charges of racially skewed death-penalty enforcement; he's more likely to be animated by a touchy-feely Reno-esque agenda than traditional enforcement against crimes; he's in favor of ending the detentions of enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay and favors income redistribution to address the supposed root causes of crime. Holder testimony on pardon questioned.  Attorney General-designate Eric H. Holder Jr. told Congress under oath that he had "only a passing familiarity" with the criminal case against billionaire Marc Rich before President Clinton pardoned the fugitive financier in 2001 — testimony that is now raising concerns among lawmakers reviewing Mr. Holder's nomination. Questions Holder Needs To Answer.  President-elect Obama's choice for attorney general — displays a liberal ideology which often conflicts with the Constitution, the war on terror, and common sense. ... The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States.  Before Holder's nomination is voted on by the committee, he should answer searching inquiries that may reveal his unfitness for that post. Holder defends Clinton's pardons for FALN members.  Eric Holder Jr. says President Bill Clinton acted reasonably when he commuted the sentences of 16 Puerto Rican nationalists.  The prisoners belonged to a group, the F-A-L-N, that carried out murders, robberies and bombings.  Holder said Thursday [1/15/2009] that those released from prison did not carry out the violent acts, a statement that has been disputed by former FBI officials. Terrorists killed my dad.  President-elect Barack Obama has nominated a man to be his attorney general who was closely involved in former President Clinton's decision as he was leaving office to pardon 16 FALN members convicted on conspiracy and weapons charges.  Though no one was ever charged specifically with the Fraunces Tavern bombing, the FALN proudly claimed responsibility for it amid more than 100 others.  Its attacks killed six people and wounded scores of others. Politicizing Justice.  How can we trust your leadership when ... you just constantly change the story, seemingly to fit your needs to wiggle out of being caught, frankly, telling mistruths?"  Remember Sen. Chuck Schumer's skewering of Alberto Gonzales?  Watching the bobs, weaves, and outright denials of attorney-general nominee Eric Holder as he struggles to explain his inexplicable conduct in the Marc Rich pardon scandal, one can't help but remember. Incoming Attorney General Hostile to Civil Liberties.  Eric Holder, Obama's nominee for attorney general, is hostile to civil liberties.  He has previously expressed veiled support for using the misnamed "Fairness Doctrine" to squelch "conservative critiques" and "conservative media," such as Fox News (which Holder believes is anything but "Fair and Balanced," contrary to its slogan).  The "Fairness Doctrine" is designed to shut down conservative Talk Radio. Did someone mention the Fairness Doctrine? Holder confirmed as attorney general.  Eric Holder was just confirmed by the Senate, making him the next attorney general and the first African-American to be the nation's top law enforcement official.  The vote was 75 in favor to 21 against. Racism, Eric Holder, my Son and Me.  Enough is enough.  I have had thirty plus years of enough.  I have had enough of being called a "racist."  I will not sit here and be called a racist and a coward by a self-serving, race-baiting politician like Eric Holder. Give Up the Racist Narrative.  Dear Attorney General Holder, ... As our attorney general, you should be teaching the citizenry that, as a legal matter, racial discrimination was outlawed decades ago.  Obviously, creating laws does not in and of itself stop crimes; yet that is true of all crimes.  Instead, you seem to join your fellow elites, including the president, in teaching the country that racism not only still exists but is a fundamental and flourishing problem throughout America. Eric Holder is no healer.  If anyone was cowardly about frank conversations on race, it was Obama and his supporters in the news media. ... They're the ones who kept Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton in a storage closet for more than a year.  They're the ones who spun themselves dizzy insisting that the lunatic rants of Obama's minister Jeremiah Wright only made Obama look nobler.  Obama was the man who declared he couldn't disassociate himself from Wright and then did exactly that a few weeks later when Wright's fanaticism had become apparent to all.  And his administration is now lecturing us on "cowardice"? Holder scolded.  Sen. Jeff Sessions, Alabama Republican, gave a tongue-lashing to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. at a June 17 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.  Mr. Holder deserved it.  In less than five months on the job, Mr. Holder already has called into question the integrity and independence of the Department of Justice.  Mr. Sessions — who broke with a majority of his Senate Republican colleagues on Feb. 2 by voting in favor of Mr. Holder's appointment to the job — detailed a disturbing list of the attorney general's transgressions. Enforce the hate crime laws we have now, Mr. Holder.  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ... wins, hands down, the 2009 award for the "Most Despicable Display of Using a Genuine Tragedy To Advance Your Personal Political Agenda." ... Where did President Obama GET this guy? ... Exactly two days after Holder's congressional testimony, a group of 30-50 black youths attacked a white Akron, Ohio family.  Holder has uttered not a mumble about this being a hate crime.  This is the same guy who took the entire country to task or our "cowardice" in not discussing issues of race. Eric Holder's Justice Department.  [It is] surprising that in the first seven months of the Obama administration, a series of hyper-partisan decisions, questionable appointments, and the inexplicable dismissal of a high-profile voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther party have once again fanned suspicions that the Justice Department is a pawn in partisan political battles.  Both in Congress and among a number of current and former Justice Department employees is a growing concern that the Obama administration is politicizing the department in ways the Bush team never imagined. Where's the Outrage?  Given the apparent political motivations behind so many of the recent decisions at the Department of Justice (DOJ) — from the dismissal of the voter-intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party to the re-investigation of CIA interrogators after DOJ prosecutors had already reviewed the matter and decided there was no reason for further criminal prosecution — the latest news about the dropping of the investigation against New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, Obama's former nominee to be commerce secretary, raises a lot of questions. President Obama should fire Attorney General Eric Holder.  Among the president's cabinet appointments, the Attorney General is unique. ... The Attorney General's charge is upholding the rule of law — the glue that holds together a self-governing people.  In the latest skirmish in the Democratic Party's war on the CIA, Attorney General Eric Holder has failed to uphold this fundamental public trust. Civil Rights Commission Demands Voter Intimidation Answers.  The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights sent a letter in August to Attorney General Eric Holder, issuing a stinging rebuke to the Obama administration's Department of Justice (DOJ).  A footnote in the letter criticized the DOJ's dismissal of a Philadelphia voter intimidation case against a group called the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (NBP).  The footnote called the DOJ's voluntary dismissal of the case "even more corrosive to the rule of law than the dismissal without comment." Eric Holder Won't Investigate His Radical Friends at ACORN.  Attorney General Eric Holder has made it abundantly clear he has absolutely no interest in investigating his radical friends at ACORN.  Holder's Justice Department released a legal opinion last week that allows the Obama administration to ignore the will of Congress which has voted overwhelmingly to suspend federal funding of ACORN until at least Dec. 18. Did someone mention ACORN? Lawmakers hit silence on Panther complaint.  Two senior lawmakers on Wednesday [12/2/2009] said the Justice Department, after five months of "repeated questions," again refused to say why it "wrongfully dismissed" a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party who were accused of voter intimidation at a Philadelphia polling place during the November 2008 presidential elections. Did someone mention the Black Panthers? The Law and the Attorney General.  We have seen an explosion of antagonism regarding the decision to bring KSM and his cohorts into New York City to stand trial.  This is not by accident either.  This decision by Attorney General Holder, and President Obama to bring these terrorists to New York is one of three things:  Incredibly naive, reckless disregard of the law, or treason against the people of the United States. Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2009.  [Including] Attorney General Eric Holder:  Judicial Watch strongly opposed Holder because of his terrible ethics record, which includes:  obstructing an FBI investigation of the theft of nuclear secrets from Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory; rejecting multiple requests for an independent counsel to investigate alleged fundraising abuses by then-Vice President Al Gore in the Clinton White House; undermining the criminal investigation of President Clinton by Kenneth Starr in the midst of the Lewinsky investigation; and planning the violent raid to seize then-six-year-old Elian Gonzalez at gunpoint in order to return him to Castro's Cuba. A sheik-up call for O's Justice joker.  Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano must be relieved.  Over the last few weeks, Attorney General Eric Holder has passed and lapped her in the race to be the most flagrantly incompetent Obama administration official in the War on Terror. How on Earth Was Eric Holder Confirmed.  Considering how easy it was for the mainstream media to get President George W. Bush's attorney general, Alberto Gonzalez, out of office for doing what he was allowed to do, why is Eric Holder being given a free pass?  A better question would be:  "How on earth did he ever get confirmed with his dubious background?"  One might suggest that political correctness had something to do with Congress reluctant to reject the first African-American attorney general, but Mr. Gonzalez was the first Hispanic attorney general and he was crucified. Corruptocrat Eric Holder's National Security Cover-Up:  For more than a year, I've been writing about the looming national security and conflict-of-interest problems posed by Holder's status as a former partner at the prestigious law firm Covington and Burling.  The company currently represents or has provided pro bono representation and sob-story media-relations campaigns in the past to more than a dozen Gitmo detainees from Yemen who are seeking civilian trials on American soil. Identifying the Gitmo Nine:  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. seems to have a bizarre urge to stick his finger in the eyes of congressmen.  On subject after subject, he has refused to give substantive answers to basic, straightforward congressional inquiries.  In the latest instance, Mr. Holder's obstinacy could put national security at risk. Holding Holder in contempt:  The Senate Judiciary Committee has cause to consider finding Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress.  During his confirmation process last year, Mr. Holder withheld a tremendously important legal brief from the committee.  Combined with a series of other occasions on which the attorney general has stonewalled congressional queries, this new revelation reflects so badly on Mr. Holder's ethics that it puts in doubt his fitness for office. Eric Holder on the griddle.  Not since Watergate's John Mitchell has a U.S. attorney general prepared for a Senate appearance under fire on as many different fronts as Eric H. Holder Jr. will face on April 14 before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  He deserves to feel the heat. Holder Rules Out Death Penalty for Illegal Aliens Charged With Murder.  Attorney General Eric Holder has directed prosecutors in a federal conspiracy and murder trial not to seek the death penalty for three El Salvadoran men who are in the United States illegally.  The three are accused of robbing and shooting Claros Luna on July 29, 2009 in Alexandria, Va., just a few miles from the Justice Department, as Luna transported a prostitute from Maryland to Virginia. Not exactly terrorists.  Holder compares Khalid Shaikh Mohammed to a mink rescuer. Gen. 'Stonewall' Holder.  Serious concerns remain whether the Obama Justice Department attorneys, including the attorney general and his closest advisers, complied with the full extent of their ethical obligations.  Given the stonewalling by the department, it is difficult to be confident the American people [are] receiving the robust representation to which they are entitled. Holder hasn't read Arizona law he criticized.  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who has been critical of Arizona's new immigration law, said Thursday [5/13/2010] he hasn't yet read the law and is going by what he's read in newspapers or seen on television. Holder balks at blaming 'radical Islam' for terror attempts.  Despite crediting the Pakistani Taliban with fostering the recent failed car bombing in Times Square, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was reluctant Thursday [5/13/2010] to say radical Islam was part of the cause of that and other recent attacks. Holder's Got To Go.  Stumbling from one gaffe to another and showing little appreciation for our Constitution, Attorney General Eric Holder has become a major embarrassment.  Time to admit he's in over his head and let him go. Eric Holder accidentally tells the truth.  As the old saying goes, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse" — unless you are the chief law enforcement official of the United States of America. Holder's 'Haven't Read It' Arizona Immigration Law Admission Gets Little Coverage.  It will surprise almost no one who visits this site that Holder's admitted ignorance about a routinely misrepresented law — misrepresentations that have led to calls for boycotts of Arizona, a PC-obsessed cancellation of a girls high school basketball team's hoop dreams, and hysterical hyperventilation at Holder's Justice Department as well as by the President of the United States himself — has received very little establishment media attention. Video: Holder Refuses to Say 'Radical Islam' Causes Terrorist Attacks.  How is it possible to prosecute the war against radical Islam when Obama administration officials don't believe radical Islam causes terrorist attacks? Eric Holder's Selective Ethics.  Attorney General Holder apparently only selectively follows ethical rules governing what prosecutors can say about pending criminal investigations. Compare his comments on the Sestak scandal and the BP oil spill, only three weeks apart... After Eric Holder Gets Pushed Under the Bus.  Eric Holder has been a disastrous attorney general.  "Classic 101 Boobery" was how one Democratic operative memorably called his decision, now on hold, to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a civilian court in lower Manhattan.  Other blunders have piled up and the White House has been repeatedly embarrassed by his string of ill-considered decisions and gaffes. Does Barack Obama Have a Learning Disability?  [Scroll down]  Eric Hampton Holder, Jr., is the Attorney General of the United States.  Holder is pursuing a lawsuit alleging that "the state of Arizona's recently passed immigration law, S.B. 1070" "unconstitutionally interferes with the federal government's authority to set and enforce immigration policy."  However, during a House Judiciary Committee meeting, Holder admitted to not having read the law, despite repeatedly voicing concerns about it, especially about "racial profiling."  His statements must have been based on hearsay. Why Eric Holder Will Not Last.  There may be more incompetent Attorneys General who have served Presidential administrations in U.S. History, but few if any of them have had a worse record than the present head of the Justice Department. ... No over-reach will have been more embarrassing than the shellacking he is taking in the DOJ vs. the State of Arizona. Eric Holder's dirty secret.  A 2006 law that requires the U.S. Justice Department to deploy a high-tech system for catching child pornographers has identified hundreds of thousands of criminal suspects — and collected extensive evidence pointing to the locations of their child victims.  Yet, despite knowledge of this evidence, Attorney General Eric Holder has refused calls to take serious action. The Decline of the Justice Department.  Former attorney general Michael Mukasey is not prone to hyperbole.  He's a former federal judge, a meticulous lawyer, and, as he proved in succeeding Alberto Gonzales, a skilled administrator who restored morale to a Justice Department demoralized by scandals (real or concocted).  He is also obviously nonplussed by the performance of his successor, Attorney General Eric Holder. Why Does Eric Holder Still Think KSM Is Just Another Criminal Defendant?  In Brooklyn to announce 127 gangster arrests, Holder veered off message when asked about plans for the 9/11 plotters.  "We are still in the administration trying to work through how we will bring to justice those people who perpetrated those heinous acts on September 11," Holder said.  "Nothing is off the table as of yet."  Nothing off the table?  Then Holder is off the wall. Our Dangerous Attorney General.  Eric Holder should've never been confirmed as attorney general.  Any man who would, as he did, urge President Bill Clinton to grant clemency to 16 members of the Puerto Rican domestic terrorist outfit FALN (a Spanish acronym for Armed Forces of National Liberation) was not only unfit to be America's lawyer, but he himself should have been investigated.  Yet Holder is, indeed, our attorney general, and his priorities are exactly where we'd expect them to be:  dangerous. Holder's ungracious punt.  It took 500 days, but President Obama yesterday abandoned his ill-conceived effort to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian courtroom.  Attorney General Eric Holder was none too gracious about it, however. Why Holder must resign:  On Monday [4/4/2011], as Attorney General Eric Holder stood at the podium at the Justice Department headquarters in Washington to announce that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 terrorists would be tried by military commissions at Guantanamo, he still insisted that he'd much prefer to try them in civilian courts. ... If Holder feels so strongly that bringing the terrorists who killed more than 2,500 Americans to New York City for a civilian trial is, in fact, the morally correct decision, then he should do the honorable thing and resign.  He should clear out his desk in Washington, pack his bags and, if he wants, go back to his old law firm, which represents so many terrorist defendants. Bringing the outside in at Eric Holder's Justice Department.  Attorney General Eric Holder tours the country proclaiming that he has "reinvigorated" the Civil Rights Division, compared to the Bush years.  Reporters never ask precisely what he means.  The American people might not like answer.  Holder really means adopting outside activist agendas far beyond the American legal mainstream.  It also includes hiring a swarm of activist lawyers to advance an outside agenda from inside the federal government. When Eric Holder Earned his Spurs.  [Scroll down]  Then on Dec 5th, 1999, Castro clapped his hands and his MSM minions snapped to attention.  Within weeks Clinton's INS had turned its initial decision on its head.  Within months this same INS was kicking down Lazaro's door, pummeling camera men and elderly ladies to the ground with jackboots and wrenching a screaming Elian from his legal custodians in a blaze of pepper gas and machine guns.  When asked for the legal authority for this, they brandished either a search warrant to seize evidence that didn't exist (and would not have been hidden anyway) or an arrest warrant to seize someone who no one claimed was a criminal or even a lawbreaker! Holder vs. Holder:  Why does the Obama Justice Department seem to have trouble mounting a full-throated, compelling legal defense of Osama bin Laden's killing?  The problem for Eric Holder the attorney general could be Eric Holder the private attorney.  In 2004, Mr. Holder chose to file an amicus brief on behalf of Jose Padilla, the al-Qaeda terrorist sent to our country by bin Laden and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to carry out a post-9/11 second wave of attacks.  In the brief, Holder argued that a commander-in-chief lacks the constitutional authority to do what his boss, the current commander-in-chief, has just done:  determine the parameters of the battlefield. Taxpayer Funded Beer Bash, Ball Games and Scavenger Hunts at Holder DOJ.  With the real unemployment rate above 16 percent, it is a perfect time to throw a lavish party for high paid federal employees at Eric Holder's Department of Justice.  At least Eric Holder thinks so. Eric Holder's Laughable Idea About Politics and Justice.  "Politics has no place — no place — in the impartial and effective administration of justice," Attorney General Eric Holder thundered last week.  "Decisions about how, where and when to prosecute must be made by prosecutors, not politicians."  As usual, Holder sees "politics" as the evil motive of any body who disagrees with him.  Like most elite ultra-libs, he believes he is in a state of nature, his motives noble and pure. Time to Fire Eric Holder.  During a recent speech at the American Constitution Society (ACS), United States Attorney General Eric Holder lauded our American civilian court system as "our most effective terror-fighting weapon."  Holder's address, along with his whole attorney general career, reflects a flawed ideology that believes wrapping enemy combatants in the American flag will somehow steer them towards full disclosure. Justice Has Never Been High on Eric Holder's Docket.  Although Eric Holder, who cannot conceal his visceral contempt for conservatives, heads the U.S. Department of Justice, doing the right thing isn't high on his list of priorities.  As Barack Obama gears up to use the White House (illegally?) for fundraising purposes, a case in point is the "maxed out" donors scandal. Attorney General Eric Holder wasted a two-year investigation.  A special prosecutor has dashed the fondest hopes of opponents of the war on terror by concluding that the CIA's program of so-called enhanced interrogations of Al Qaeda operatives after 9/11 was not shot through with criminality after all.  Investigator John Durham's finding confirms that Attorney General Eric Holder sent him on a wrongheaded mission in ordering a "preliminary review" of whether agents violated the law. Bordergate? Did Eric Holder lie to Congress? Does Obama know?  Eric Holder testified that he "probably" only learned about Gunrunner in "the last few weeks," but took credit for it in 2009.  President Obama, who provided $10 million "stimulus" money and $11 million for 2011, says neither of them knew about it At a May 3 House Judiciary Committee hearing, Attorney General Holder, under questioning by House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), testified that he had "probably" only learned about Operation Fast and Furious in "the last few weeks." It's time for Labor Secretary Solis to go.  Thanks to his dogged insistence on prosecuting 9/11 conspirators in civilian courts and his refusal to prosecute the Philadelphia New Black Panther case, Attorney General Eric Holder has long appeared to us as President Obama's worst Cabinet appointment. Attorney General Holder's credibility takes another hit.  An email cited in Senator Charles Grassley's testimony in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Operation Fast and Furious indicates that knowledge of the program was spread across the highest levels of the Justice Department.  This lends even greater suspicion to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's claim that he knew nothing about the program until well after Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was killed. Eric Holder's Newest Witch Hunt.  According to IBD, the DOJ has ordered banks to advertise that minorities cannot be turned down for a loan "because they receive public aid, such as unemployment benefits, welfare payments or food stamps."  No job; no problem!  In other words, the DOJ is forcing banks to make loans to people that they know don't qualify for them and likely won't be able to afford to repay them, which is precisely the kind of failed public policy that precipitated the financial collapse and recession in 2008. DOJ Will Not Investigate Attack of Civil Rights Activist.  If you needed any more evidence of the level of corruption that exists inside the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ) when it comes to enforcing civil rights statutes, here it is. Don't Dial DOJ for Voter Fraud Protection.  If you thought the U.S. Justice Department under Attorney General Eric Holder was already shockingly biased toward far-left causes, get ready for a more permanent problem.  As Hans A. von Spakovsky has outlined in the first of five articles for Pajamas Media about DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Holder has hired 16 civil service employees — not political appointees — in the Voting Rights Section.  This means they will be part of the permanent bureaucracy.  It's part of an overall trend of loading the Civil Rights Division with card-carrying leftists despite Holder's promise to hire qualified people regardless of ideology. Part 1: The Politicized Hiring of Eric Holder's Voting Section.  Recently released documents -- disclosed by the Obama Justice Department only after a court battle -- reveal that the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice is engaging in politicized hiring in the career civil service ranks.  Typical Washington behavior, you say?  Except the hiring in question is nearly unprecedented in scope and significantly eclipses anything the Bush administration was even accused of doing. Part 2: The Politicized Hiring of Eric Holder's Voting Section.  PJM has been investigating an unprecedented hiring blitz by the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department since Obama's inauguration.  In these lean economic times, Eric Holder went on a hiring frenzy, bringing over 130 high-paid government attorneys onto the federal payroll.  After the Bush administration was accused of hiring some attorneys for ideological reasons, PJM requested the resumes of the new Obama hires back in the summer of 2010.  The Bush administration satisfied similar media requests within weeks, but a lawsuit had to be filed to dislodge the resumes from the Most Transparent Administration in History. Part 3: The Politicized Hiring of Eric Holder's Immigration Office.  Five attorneys have been hired into the "Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices" since Attorney General Holder took office, each one more radical than the next. Fast and Furious Scandal Rocks Obama DOJ.  I don't believe we've seen a more corrupt, politicized and incompetent Department of Justice (DOJ) in modern political history than we have now under President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder.  And I never thought I'd write those words after suffering eight years of Attorney General Janet Reno during the Clinton administration. Issa doubts Eric Holder 'didn't know' about Fast and Furious.  House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa went after Attorney General Eric Holder on national conservative radio host Laura Ingraham's show Monday morning [9/12/2011].  Issa said even if Holder really didn't know about Operation Fast and Furious, he should've.  "We have a paper trail of so many people knowing that the only way the attorney general didn't know is he made sure he didn't want to know," Issa said.  "But if you don't want to know something of this sort then you shouldn't have the job he has.  And ultimately one of the questions is, if he didn't know, is he that inept that he is dangerous to have as the attorney general, and that is for the president to decide." Issa: Holder so 'inept he is dangerous'.  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said that Attorney General Eric Holder is so "inept that he is dangerous to have as the Attorney General" and that President Obama should consider removing him from office.  Issa made the comments on the Laura Ingraham show while commenting about the controversial "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking program. Deep Corruption at the Obama Justice Department.  [Scroll down]  Buried in Christian Adams' latest story on this scandal comes what should be an incredibly explosive allegation:  "Worse, Loretta King, while serving as the acting assistant attorney general for civil rights at the outset of the Obama administration, ordered the resumes of highly qualified applicants to be rejected only because they didn't have political or left-wing civil rights experience.  Multiple DOJ sources with direct knowledge of hiring committee practices have confirmed this to me."  Where, oh where are the New York Times and the Washington Post?  This is a direct violation of the law that these "news" organizations are deliberately ignoring. Obama's third war on Fox News.  President Obama is using the Department of Justice to attack the parent company of Fox News as he springs his third War on Fox News. Lawmakers Claim Justice Inspector Obstructed Probe Into 'Fast and Furious'.  The inspector general of the Department of Justice undermined and obstructed a congressional investigation by releasing secret tape recordings that corroborate allegations of misconduct in "Operation Fast and Furious," according to a letter written by Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Charles Grassley. Republicans Step Up Pressure on Holder.  The new inquiry comes from Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee.  Despite recent personnel changes at the Justice Department, Smith told Holder in a letter Friday [9/23/2011] the department cannot "pin this scandal on a few individuals and expect it to be forgotten." Fast and Furious: Justice's obstruction.  The inherently suspect nature of the Justice Department's internal Operation Fast and Furious probe is magnified by Justice's acting inspector general giving pertinent audio recordings to potential witnesses. ... On the tapes, the ATF case agent and a federal firearms licensee discuss obstructing the independent inquiry led by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa and Sen. Charles Grassley, senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Did Media Matters Collude With DOJ On Black Panther Story?  When news broke of alleged voter intimidation involving the New Black Panthers Party in the 2008 election, Media Matters for America (MMfA) launched a relentless push back against the charges, resulting in almost 8,000 MMfA site specific Google hits in which MMfA attacked virtually anyone who attempted to report on the controversy, while elevating any reporting that minimized it, or the Department of Justice's decision to drop the case. New book calls out 'racial agenda of the Obama Justice Department'.  President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder face fiery race-based criticisms in a new book about their selective enforcement of civil rights.  In "Injustice: Exposing the Racial Agenda of the Obama Justice Department," former Department of Justice Civil Rights Division attorney J. Christian Adams describes how racist radicals have hijacked the DOJ and rarely enforce laws when it's not politically beneficial for them to do so. Indict Eric Holder.  A major-league pitcher was indicted for lying to Congress about steroid use.  Administration memos show Eric Holder lied about what he knew about Fast and Furious and when he knew it.  What's the difference? GOP Says Eric Holder is 'Either Incompetent' or 'Misleading Congress'.  Twice in 2010, Attorney General Eric Holder received memos referencing the Fast and Furious program, memos that seemingly undermine the letter of his May 3, 2010 testimony that he heard about the Fast and Furious program over the previous few weeks.  Justice Department officials acknowledge that the memos to Holder reference Fast and Furious as an operation — but they argue the memos do not include details about tactics that allowed guns to cross the border. Holder 'less than candid,' misled in Fast and Furious testimony.  Utah Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz told The Daily Caller on Tuesday [10/4/2011] that he believes Attorney General Eric Holder misled him and the rest of the House judiciary committee during his May 3 testimony.  Chaffetz questions how honest Holder has been throughout congressional inquiries into Operation Fast and Furious.  And now the House Judiciary Committee chairman has called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate. House Republicans to Request Special Counsel to Probe Holder on 'Fast and Furious'.  House Republicans are calling for a special counsel to determine whether Attorney General Eric Holder misled Congress during his testimony to the House Judiciary Committee on Operation Fast and Furious, Fox News has learned.  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, was sending a letter to President Obama on Tuesday [10/4/2011] arguing that Holder cannot investigate himself, and requesting the president instruct the Department of Justice to appoint a special counsel. Memo: Holder told of 'Fast and Furious' as early as July 2010.  Newly obtained Justice Department memos show that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was told about the controversial "Fast and Furious" weapons investigation as early as July 2010, apparently contradicting testimony he gave before a House committee in May saying he learned of the operation just weeks earlier. Holder backpedals on Fast & Furious.  Attorney General Eric Holder's furious backpedaling — he is now claiming that he might have known about the Fast & Furious gun-running scandal last year, but didn't hear any of the details — is entertaining to watch, even if the subject is deadly serious. CBS News Reporter Says White House Screamed, Swore at Her.  The latest development centers around whether or not Attorney General Eric Holder lied to Congress about having knowledge of the controversial gun trafficking operation. ... What's more, CBS News investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson — who's been covering the scandal from the beginning — says in an interview on the Laura Ingraham Show today that [two people at] the White House and Justice Department have taken to screaming at her for reporting on the story. White House very nervous about coverage of Fast and Furious.  This has become an extremely sensitive issue at the White House and for good reason; Holder may have been caught in a lie in his testimony before Congress.  Note: Congressional perjury usually sends the transgressor to jail. Holder's Dubious History.  House Republicans are now calling for a special counsel to investigate whether Attorney General Eric Holder perjured himself in congressional testimony about the scandalous Fast & Furious program.  Specifically, the attorney general claimed on May 3 that he had only "over the last few weeks" heard about the [program].  Contrary to Holder's testimony, it is now being reported that he had actually been receiving briefings on the program since early summer 2010. Pejury Charges Coming for Eric Holder on Fast and Furious?  Appearing on Fox & Friends on October 4, [Rep. Darrell] Issa was asked to respond to the DOJ's contention that Holder "misunderstood" his question.  Issa said that's typically what someone claims when they have "probably perjured themselves" rather than admitting "I lied."  Undoubtedly, Congress will again summon Holder to face additional questions.  But, the bigger issue is why Barack Obama hasn't fired his Attorney General? Holder Appears To Be Fast, Furious, and Finished.  News documents indicate that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder more than likely perjured himself in congressional testimony about Operation Fast and Furious earlier this year. GOP calls for Holder's resignation intensify.  Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) on Thursday [10/6/2011] called for Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over his role in a botched gun-tracking operation, and questioned whether he was protecting President Obama.  Labrador pointed to a series of internal Justice Department memos released this week that contradict statements Holder made under sworn oath before Congress about when he was first told about Operation Fast and Furious. Dems Abandoning Ship?  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has come under fire this week:  evidence revealed he either ignored weekly reports in the summer of 2010 that discussed Operation Fast and Furious, or he committed perjury when he claimed he first found out about the program in early 2011.  The former suggests incompetence, the later criminality — either would be legitimate reasons to see him removed from office.  Despite recent developments, the Department of Justice is publicly pushing back in favor of their boss, even as a key source claims career employees' morale is at an all time low and that "Stalinesque complete control" over internal communications has been implemented to squelch leaks. A smoking gun for 'Fast and Furious'.  The other shoe has dropped in the "Fast and Furious" gun-walking scandal, and it has landed on Eric Holder's doorstep.  Members of Congress are calling for his resignation, and the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has called for a special prosecutor to investigate the affair.  Holder's resignation would be a good start.  But if there is anyone in Washington who doubts that the White House not only knew about the illegal ATF project but was up to its elbows in it, that person must be in an hypnotic trance deep inside the CNN Washington bureau. Congressman to Holder: Drop your 'rhetoric' and resign immediately.  Rep. Paul Gosar jabbed back at Attorney General Eric Holder after he swiped at him and other congressional Operation Fast and Furious investigators in a late Friday letter.  Gosar told The Daily Caller that "In Main Street America, you'd never get away with" dissembling about the gun-walking program, and that in different circumstances, "the people who've been responsible would've already been in jail."  Gosar also added his name to the short but growing list of those in Congress calling for the attorney general's immediate resignation. Fast and Furious fallout puts Holder on collision course with Congress.  The fierce battle over a botched gun-tracking operation is intensifying and has put Attorney General Eric Holder on a collision course with his critics in Congress.  Republicans are calling for his resignation in the wake of Fast and Furious, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives operation that may have inadvertently contributed to the death of at least one federal agent. Holder hits bottom - keeps digging.  AG Eric Holder sounds all powerful in his latest attempt to wriggle out of his role in the Fast and Furious operation, but hubris catches up to everybody.  A smart lawyer would never put into writing what he can't defend, but Holder did exactly that.  After a week of aggressive reporting by CBS' Sheryl Attkisson, the Attorney General tried defending himself in a letter to Congress. House Committee to Subpoena Holder in 'Fast and Furious' Probe.  The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is planning to subpoena Attorney General Eric Holder this week to determine who in the Justice Department knew about "Operation Fast and Furious" — the plan to let thousands of guns sold in the U.S. get into Mexican drug cartel hands — and when they knew it.  The subpoena targeting Holder aims to get at the heart of the authorization for the program, and when the people in charge decided the program was a problem. Algore Akbar!  Our president picks and chooses the laws he likes, and his ever-willing Attorney General agreeably declines to enforce those that Obama disdains. Congressman Issa Announces New Subpoenas for Holder.  Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder tried to stall the momentum building behind the Fast and Furious investigation by submitting a letter to Senate and Congressional investigators in which he continued to plead ignorance, and in which he did his best to undercut the progress of the investigation to this point.  In the letter, Holder actually had the gall to re-affirm his feigned ignorance of Fast and Furious. No justice from Justice.  Two things to know about Attorney General Eric Holder:  He lied to the American people — under oath, before Congress — and thus is unfit to investigate allegations of criminal negligence in the Justice Department.  This is why House Republicans have called for a special prosecutor to investigate Holder for apparent perjury regarding his testimony on the administration's "Fast and Furious" gun sting... Impeach Eric Holder.  Only the House of Representatives can impeach, which is comparable to indictment.  The official is then tried by the Senate, where a two-thirds vote is required for conviction.  The Constitution doesn't say what constitutes "high crimes and misdemeanors," but perjury surely is among them.  So is obstruction of justice. Reverse Racism.  Those people of good will who want to replace the racism of the past with a post-racial society have too often overlooked the fact that there are others who instead want to put racism under new management, to have reverse discrimination as racial payback for past injustices.  Attorney General Eric Holder became a key figure epitomizing the view that government's role in racial matters was not to be an impartial dispenser of equal justice for all, but to be a racial partisan and an organ of racial payback. Fast And Furious And Ugly.  After Eric Holder was involved in the pardoning of international fugitive Marc Rich, he confessed to not doing a thorough check of Rich's history and background.  When he criticized Arizona's immigration law, SB1070, he admitted to not even reading the law.  Now, with dead bodies and illegal weapons piled up high in Fast and Furious, Holder says he didn't read the memos.  Holder's "Sgt. Schultz" defense that he knew, saw and heard nothing about the ATF's gun-running operation does not wash with the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa. Eric Holder, Obama's albatross.  President Obama says that he has "complete confidence" in Attorney General Eric Holder.  That's good news for Republicans.  Pick almost any unnecessary, losing battle in Obama's first term, and his hapless attorney general is at the center of it. Bachmann: Eric Holder should resign 'if the facts prove to be what they appear to be'.  Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman, told reporters after a town hall meeting Monday morning [10/10/2011] that embattled Attorney General Eric Holder should resign if the full story of Operation Fast and Furious confirms the facts already presented to the public and to congressional investigators. Issa to Holder: "You OWN Fast and Furious;" resignation calls grow.  Eric Holder is on the hot seat, and GOP Rep. Darrell Issa's cranking up the temperature. Issa: Holder's defense on Fast and Furious 'has reached a new low'.  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) issued a scathing reply to Attorney General Eric Holder over his role in the authorization of a botched gun-tracking operation and the Justice Department's cooperation with a congressional investigation. Darrell Issa: Eric Holder 'owns' Fast & Furious.  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) excoriated Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday over a controversial Department of Justice gun program, writing in a letter, "whether you realize yet or not, you own Fast and Furious.  It is your responsibility." "Gunwalking" subpoena for AG Holder imminent.  CBS News has learned a congressional subpoena directed to Attorney General Eric Holder could go out as early as Tuesday [10/11/2011], ordering him to turn over documents to lawmakers about when he was aware of a controversial gun smuggling operation known as Fast and Furious. Attorney general subpoenaed in probe of botched gun operation.  U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric Holder has been subpoenaed by the Republican chairman of a House oversight committee, an escalation of the congressional investigation into the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation. Issa Issues Subpoena to Holder in Fast and Furious Investigation.  Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a subpoena Wednesday [10/12/2011] to Attorney General Eric Holder as part of his investigation into the gun trafficking operation known as "Fast and Furious." A convenient arrest?  This isn't exactly getting into tin foil hat territory, but neither can the question about the timing of revealing the arrest of a suspect in the Iranian terror plot be dismissed. Holder's distraction?  Talk about convenient timing.  Yesterday's [10/11/2011] announcement of a thwarted Iranian bombing/assassination plot against Saudi targets in Washington sure takes a lot of heat off of Attorney General Eric Holder.  Coming, as it did, just as the House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), seemed to have caught him in a bald-faced lie about his role in Operation Fast and Furious. Holder documents subpoenaed in probe.  The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which has been investigating the Justice Department's "Fast and Furious" weapons probe for several months, issued a sweeping subpoena Wednesday [10/12/2011] for documents involving key department officials, including Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and more than a dozen of his top deputies. Alibis Falling Apart.  An old news tape shows that President Obama directly contradicted Attorney General Eric Holder's testimony to Congress about when he knew of Operation Fast and Furious.  How many times will the story change? Top oversight Democrat mum on joining GOP effort to have Holder testify again.  House oversight committee ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings hasn't officially followed up on his public calls for Attorney General Eric Holder to testify before the committee on Operation Fast and Furious.  "I think that, John, he has to come up [to Capitol Hill] and say what he has said in his letters, and make it clear under oath," Cummings told CNN's John King on October 12.  "But at the same time, I want to make sure we are not harming any pending cases, we are not putting FBI informants in jeopardy." IG Schnedar's investigation: Gunwalker's "Little Bighorn?"  In recent comments by Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano, and repeated comments from President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, it has become apparent that the last, perhaps only defensive card the Administration has to play is to invoke the investigation into the gun-walking scheme being run by acting DOJ Inspector General Cynthia A. Schendar.  By claiming that they do not want to talk because of the on-going OIG investigation, the President and appointees buy themselves both time and a plausible reason to avoid making comments that may come back to haunt them in the event of impeachment or a criminal trial. High Crimes.  A reasonable person, such as you or I, would probably say that involvement in acts that resulted in murder constitutes a high crime.  It would certainly become one, if the perpetrators went on to lie and cover up their involvement.  It has become quite clear that Attorney General Eric Holder, perhaps Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, and highly likely, their boss, Usurper Barak Hussein Obama-Soetoro, were involved in just such a crime and cover-up with Project Gunrunner and Fast and Furious. Justice Dept. proposes lying, hiding existence of records under new FOIA rule.  A proposed revision to Freedom of Information Act rules would allow federal agencies to lie to citizens and reporters seeking certain records, telling them the records don't exist.  The Justice Department has proposed the change as part of a large revision of FOIA rules for federal agencies.  Specifically, the rule would direct government agencies who are denying a request under an established FOIA exemption to "respond to the request as if the excluded records did not exist," rather than citing the relevant exemption. Rep. Joe Walsh to Eric Holder: "Resign immediately and take responsibility" for F&F.  Illinois Republican Rep. Joe Walsh joined the small but growing choir of members of Congress calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over Operation Fast and Furious.  Walsh is the fourth member of Congress to make the call for Holder to resign.  Republican Reps. Raul Labrador of Idaho, Blake Farenthold of Texas and Paul Gosar of Arizona have each publicly asked Holder to step aside as well.  Walsh made the demand in a letter he sent Holder on Wednesday. Meanwhile, back at the office... Obama Justice Department Sends Border Agent to Prison for "Violating Rights" of Drug Smuggler.  After a complaint from the Mexican government, a U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to two years in prison for "violating" the constitutional rights of a 15-year-old drug smuggling suspect by not "lifting his arms properly."  The Obama Justice Department has accused the agent of using "unnecessary force," in handling the suspect while handcuffed. U.S. border agent jailed for improper arrest of suspected drug smuggler.  A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to two years in prison for improperly lifting the arms of a 15-year-old drug smuggling suspect while handcuffed — in what the Justice Department called a deprivation of the teenager's constitutional right to be free from the use of unreasonable force. Willful blindness.  The United States Department of Justice, which includes the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (the FBI) and the National Security Division, has been ordered to remove all references to Islam from any examination of Islamic terror in its training materials and procedures.  That means investigation of the Islamic beliefs, motives and goals of Islamic terrorists in the U.S. is verboten in the Department Of Justice and the rest of the Federal Government because accurate, knowledgeable, honest and objective discussion of Islam has been forbidden and is no longer possible there.  Islam cannot be examined in depth or criticized in any way, shape or form and woe betide any government employee who does. Perjury Charges Coming for Eric Holder?  The response from the Obama Justice Department is typical of the response we've been getting since the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious started.  Holder should be dragged before Congress to "clarify" his remarks and to explain why memos about Fast and Furious dated as far back as July 2010 were addressed directly to him.  Afterall, according to Holder's own testimony, he had only been briefed on the program just a "few weeks" prior to testimony in May.  Let the hearings begin. Holder's days as attorney general may be numbered as resignation calls double overnight.  Attorney General Eric Holder's tenure in the Obama administration may be coming to an end.  At least eight members of Congress have now called on Holder to resign over the growing Operation Fast and Furious scandal.  Republican Reps. Vicky Hartzler of Missouri, John Mica of Florida, Quico Canseco of Texas and Gus Bilirakis of Florida each told The Daily Caller on Thursday [10/27/2011] that they believe Holder should step down now. Eric Holder to testify on Fast and Furious.  CBS News has learned Attorney General Eric Holder has agreed to appear before the House Judiciary Committee regarding "Fast and Furious."  The hearing will take place Dec. 8th. When Government Knows No Limitation: New DOJ Rules Allow More Intrusive Searches.  From his refusal to protect the voting rights of every citizen, to the blatant, politically based, "social justice" racism executed by his department, along with his pursuit of the deliberate usurpation of the enumerated limitations placed on the federal government to protect the rights of the citizenry in both personal security and our right to know, Mr. Holder has not only been a disgrace to the American system of justice; he has effectively become an enemy to the US Constitution, the whole of the Charters of Freedom and the very ideas of blind justice and liberty. Congressional calls for Holder's resignation more than double to 17.  Nine more members of Congress have told The Daily Caller that they're calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over his handling of Operation Fast and Furious, more than doubling the number on record before the weekend calling for his ouster.  A total of 17 members of Congress have now called for Holder to step down. How Can Holder Keep Holding On?  Like a boxer way past his prime, taking beating after beating on the ring, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder insists on remaining at his current post in the Department of Justice (DOJ).  The big difference is that a boxer puts only himself at risk, while Holder puts every American family in danger.  Holder simply cannot be trusted. South Carolina immigration law challenged by Justice Dept..  President Barack Obama's administration sought on Monday [10/31/2011] to block parts of South Carolina's new immigration law, arguing that the federal government had preeminent authority over immigration matters. Holder sues South Carolina over immigration reform.  The Obama administration has boosted its efforts to bar state-level enforcement of the nation's immigration laws by suing South Carolina over its new immigration reform law.  The Monday announcement by the Department of Justice follows the news that the Department of Homeland Security has quietly canceled long-standing checks of transportation hubs for illegal immigrants. Connie Mack becomes the 30th congressman to call for Holder's resignation.  Attorney General Eric Holder's service in the Obama administration may be coming to an end.  Thirty members of Congress are now calling for Holder's immediate resignation — a number that grows larger every day.  Florida Republican Rep. Connie Mack became the latest congressman to demand that Holder step down, telling The Daily Caller late on Tuesday [11/1/2011] that "Eric Holder should resign Fast and Furiously!" Montana Rep. Rehberg becomes 35th congressman to call for Holder's resignation.  Montana Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg is calling for Attorney General Eric Holder's immediate resignation, becoming the 35th member of Congress to demand it.  "It's become clear that in his efforts to advance the President's anti-gun agenda, Eric Holder was willing to cross lines that should never have been crossed," Rehberg said in a statement Friday morning [11/4/2011].  "Mr. Holder has lost the public confidence necessary to do his job." Eric Holder has a gun problem.  As the chief law enforcement officer Attorney General Eric Holder came out swinging in the first months of the Obama administration as he pushed to reinstate the assault weapons ban, pointing to the rising levels of violence in Mexico and increased presence of U.S. guns south of the border.  But nearly two years later assault weapons can still be bought and Holder has found himself at the center of a quagmire involving a botched gun-tracking operation that sent thousands of high-powered firearms to Mexico in the hands of known or suspected straw buyers for drug cartels. Holder to face gun-walking music at Senate hearing.  Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning [11/8/2011], and he's likely to face a barrage of tough questions from senators about Operation Fast and Furious. Holder to accuse investigators of playing Fast and Furious politics, call for gun control.  Holder's prepared testimony does not discuss his May 3 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, an appearance during which investigators say he either lied, intentionally misled Congress or exhibited outright incompetence when answering questions about when he first learned about the failed gun-walking program. Holder: No apology for 'Fast and Furious' death of border patrol agent.  During a Tuesday Senate hearing, Attorney General Eric Holder refused to apologize to the family of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, who was murdered last December with a gun "walked" to Mexico as part of Operation Fast and Furious.  Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn asked Holder if he has apologized to Terry's family for what happened to him because of the DOJ's controversial program.  Holder replied that he hasn't. At least 36 members of Congress want Eric Holder's immediate resignation.  North Carolina Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry has become the 36th member of Congress to call for Attorney General Eric Holder's immediate resignation. Holder concedes ATF let guns "walk" to Mexico.  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder conceded this morning [11/8/2011] that under his leadership, agents allowed guns to "walk" into Mexico, where they ended up in the hands of drug lords, and he said that the effects of this mistake would be felt for years to come. Tough Questions for AG Holder on ATF/DOJ Mass Murder Catastrophe.  Border patrol Agent Brian Terry's death on December 14, 2010 is part and parcel of an ATF/DOJ mass murder catastrophe.  Big media has so far chosen to ignore the fiasco and the cover-up. ... Holder should leave the hot seat sweating like a real suspect. Holder 'Regrets' Death Of Border Patrol Agent, Stands By Response In Aftermath.  Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that he has not spoken with the family of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, who was killed in December by a group of assailants using at least two weapons tied to "Operation Fast and Furious," but he "certainly regrets" what happened. Holder Thumbs His Nose at Brian Terry's Family, Says We Need More Gun Control.  Holder must be prosecuted.  When he appears before the House committee next month Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) should wait till the cameras are rolling then have Holder handcuffed and frog marched out of the hearing for his ongoing contempt of the Senate, the House, and the people of the United States. Holder Says 'Not Fair' to Assume Fast and Furious 'Directly' Led to Border Agent's Death.  Attorney General Eric Holder declined the chance to apologize to the family of slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, who was killed in December 2010 and where, at the crime scene, at least two of the firearms recovered were traced to the Justice Department's botched gunwalking program, Operation Fast and Furious. CCRKBA blasts Senate anti-gunners for shifting blame on gun walking.  Today's hearing on Operation Fast and Furious before the Senate Judiciary Committee once again provided an opportunity for two leading Senate gun prohibitionists to try spreading the blame for botched gun trafficking, and change the debate to arguments for more gun control, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. Murdered Border Patrol agent's family says... Holder 'should accept responsibility immediately' for Fast and Furious.  Border Patrol agent Brian Terry's family broke its silence on Wednesday, and is now calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to admit he's at fault for Operation Fast and Furious.  Terry was murdered with Operation Fast and Furious weapons on December 15, 2010 — nearly a year ago — and Holder refused to apologize to his family during his Senate Judiciary Committee appearance on Tuesday. ABC and NBC Spike Eric Holder's Fast and Furious Testimony.  NBC and ABC in their evening and morning newscasts completely ignored the grilling Eric Holder received on Capitol Hill on Tuesday [11/8/2011], over his role in the Fast and Furious scandal.  Senate Republicans forced Holder to admit his initial statements to Congress about his department's role in gunwalking were "inaccurate," and that he never apologized to the family of a Border Agent killed by a Mexican drug cartel that used guns from the Fast and Furious operation.  Only Sharyl Attkisson, in two full reports aired on Tuesday's Evening News and Wednesday's The Early Show, relayed the testimony that ABC and NBC blacked out on their broadcasts. Holder shared apology letter with press before slain agent's mother read it.  Politico reported Thursday [11/10/2011] that Attorney General Eric Holder sent a "private letter" to the family of murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, apologizing for his death.  But friends of the Terry family question the Department of Justice's apparent decision to leak that letter to media before both his parents had read it. Holder's humanity gap.  Asked during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday whether he would apologize for the Justice Department's role in the Operation Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal that led to the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, the U.S. attorney general refused.  Instead, he hid behind Washington weasel words:  "I certainly regret what happened to Agent Brian Terry."  To express regret over an event is to say, "I wish it never happened."  Implicit are the accompanying words, "but it's not my fault."  To apologize is to say, "I'm sorry that it happened, and I take responsibility." New emails: DOJ, Eric Holder manipulated press for favorable 'Fast and Furious' coverage.  Attorney General Eric Holder's Justice Department sought to manipulate reporters' coverage of Operation Fast and Furious during the days preceding a November 1 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, new emails obtained by The Daily Caller indicate.  Emails between senior Justice Department officials and investigators in the office of Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley show that congressional staffers leading the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious requested information about Operation Wide Receiver — a Bush administration program — and other similar cases, more than a full month before the DOJ leaked information to selected media outlets on October 31. Holder enjoys taxpayer-funded Caribbean junket.  On Thursday morning [11/17/2011] Louisiana Republican Rep. Charles Boustany became the 44th congressman to demand Attorney General Eric Holder's immediate resignation.  With his addition to the growing call for Holder to step down, ten percent of U.S. House members are now convinced that the attorney general should lose his job without delay. Congressmen: Obama 'complicit' in Fast and Furious without action on Holder.  Several of the 43 members of Congress demanding Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation because of Operation Fast and Furious believe it is President Barack Obama's responsibility to dismiss him if Holder won't step down on his own.  If Obama fails to replace his attorney general, they said, he may share in the guilt for the program's failure and the resulting scandal. Bachmann is the 52nd member of Congress to demand Eric Holder's resignation.  Minnesota congresswoman and Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann told The Daily Caller late Friday that she thinks Attorney General Eric Holder should resign immediately because of Operation Fast and Furious. Issa: If Eric Holder is not 'doomed,' the Obama administration is.  House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa told The Daily Caller that if Attorney General Eric Holder isn't "doomed" because of his handling of Operation Fast and Furious, the entire Obama administration is.  "If the [Obama] administration continues to have full confidence in a failed administration by Eric Holder and Lanny Breuer, then ultimately the administration is going to be doomed," Issa told TheDC during an interview in San Diego on Saturday [11/19/2011].  "Eric Holder seems to have the full confidence of the president, and I can't understand why." Eric Holder must go.  [Scroll down]  Mr. Holder's proclaimed ignorance leaves Americans to draw one of two conclusions:  Either he is guilty of extraordinary bureaucratic incompetence or he is guilty of a cover-up meant to shield him from the consequences of an operation that has left at least one federal agent dead and continues to imperil many more.  Either way, it is high time for Mr. Holder to step down.  If he refuses to resign, Mr. Obama must fire him immediately. Media Silent As Three Presidential Contenders And 51 Congressmen Demand Eric Holder's Resignation.  Michele Bachmann was the first GOP presidential candidate to demand Eric Holder's resignation.  Last Monday Rick Perry published an op-ed in The Washington Times demanding Mr. Holder's resignation and yesterday morning [11/26/2011] Jon Huntsman also remarked that Mr. Holder should resign, yet the majority of the Old Media ignore them and the other congressmen who think Mr. Holder should resign. More GOP Candidates Call for Holder's Resignation.  Two Republican presidential candidates have joined the 51 congressmen who have called for U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to resign over the gunwalking operation Fast and Furious.  They join former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, who called on Holder to be fired more than a month ago. Justice Dept. Targets Freedom of Information Act.  With the U.S. Justice Department and Attorney General Eric Holder continually under fire these days, it was something of a surprise, even to Capitol Hill insiders, that the Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, is now in the crosshairs, and that new rules are being advanced not only to deny the public access to documents, but to lie outright, telling requesters that either the documents never existed or don't exist now. President Obama's Justice Department Opposed Enforcement of Anti-Vote Fraud Laws.  President Obama's Justice Department is doing its part to maximize the Democratic turnout in the 2012 elections by filing "motor voter" suits across the country that claim state officials are not circulating voter registration forms in social service agencies.  The lawsuit filed against Louisiana this past summer is closely timed with a separate suit advanced by ACORN's Project Vote affiliate and the NAACP. Eric Holder channels Richard Nixon.  The Attorney General of the United States is the victim of a media conspiracy.  At least that's the line being peddled by Eric Holder and the Soros lackeys at Media Matters.  They are reacting to the call for Holder's resignation currently supported by 52 sitting members of Congress (and growing). Isakson becomes first US senator to demand Holder's resignation.  Georgia Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson told The Daily Caller on Tuesday [11/29/2011] that he thinks Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over Operation Fast and Furious, making him the first U.S. senator to demand that Holder step down now. Holder Sweats as More Lies Uncovered by Feb. 3rd Memo.  As Eric Holder's December 8th testimony before Congress draws near, more and more lies surrounding Fast and Furious are crumbling to the ground.  From new evidence that appears to indicate that President Obama knew about the operation as early as May 2010, and that he gave directives for action against Mexican cartels a year prior (March 2009), to even newer evidence that the DOJ may have "deliberately misled" Congress via a Feb. 4th memo denying the ATF had "'sanctioned' or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons." Romney says Attorney General Holder should quit.  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is calling on President Barack Obama's attorney general to resign because of the flawed law enforcement initiative aimed at dismantling major arms trafficking networks on the Southwest border. The Ethics of Eric Holder.  When Attorney General Eric Holder recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his role in the Fast and Furious operation, where 2,000 rifles were deliberately "walked" from the United States into Mexico, his answers at times seemed incredible and stretched the limits of believability.  A few months earlier, on May the third, Holder had testified before the House that he had only recently learned of the deadly and disastrous operation. Holder Suggests Fast and Furious Guns Will Be Used in Crimes for 'Years to Come'.  Attorney General Eric Holder suggested Thursday that weapons lost during the course of the failed "Fast and Furious" gunrunning operation will continue to show up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico "for years to come." No-confidence motion against Holder to be introduced in House.  The House resolution is a way to formalize the growing surge in calls for Holder's immediate resignation, and it sends a message to House leadership and to the administration that many members of Congress aren't happy with Holder's behavior throughout the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious. Eric Holder's New Scandal: Money Laundering For Cartels.  Just as Fast and Furious was allegedly intended to track and interdict gun-trafficking into Mexico, this operation, detailed in a New York Times article Sunday, is said to have as its purpose to follow how criminal organizations move their money, where they keep their assets and, most important, who their leaders are.  But the question once again arises: Have the feds interrupted or aided the flow? GOP congressman: Dems playing Holder's 'defense lawyers'.  Are congressional Democrats trying to protect Eric Holder?  Republican Rep. Ted Poe of Texas told The Daily Caller that his Democratic colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee acted like defense attorneys trying to protect Attorney General Eric Holder, rather than pushing for accountability over the deadly Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking program. Issa: Holder protecting staff despite 'Fast and Furious' mistakes.  In anticipation of Attorney General Eric Holder's testimony today before the House Judiciary Committee, California GOP Rep. Darrell Issa wrote an op-ed in USA Today accusing Holder of protecting his staff despite admissions that Operation Fast and Furious was "fundamentally flawed."  "Surprisingly" Issa wrote Thursday, "no one at Justice Department headquarters has faced any meaningful consequences. Congressman attempts to transfer Fast and Furious blame onto NRA 'radicals'.  Georgia Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson accused the tea party movement and the National Rifle Association of creating an "manufactured" controversy over Operation Fast and Furious Thursday [12/8/2011].  Johnson's comments came during an interview with The Daily Caller outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing room.  Attorney General Eric Holder was testifying before the committee about Fast and Furious — a Justice Department program where Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents facilitated the sale of about 2,000 guns to Mexican drug cartels. Rep. Issa Strikes a Blow and Rep. Sensenbrenner Says Holder Could Face Impeachment.  Once Lamar Smith (R-TX) opened the hearings with comments on Fast and Furious and then passed the baton to Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), it seemed the hearings would be a wash.  That's because it was evident from the start that Conyers was there to carry water for Holder.  For example, Conyers used his opening comments to highlight the "life and contributions" of Holder, and to highlight the need for more gun control in the United States.  He particularly supported the new requirement for border state gun stores to file special reports on customers who make multiple long gun purchases. Rep. Issa Confirms Holder Is under Oath, Yet Holder Changes His Story Again.  When it came time for Attorney General Eric Holder to make his opening comments, Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) requested that the A.G. be sworn under oath.  Issa had already noted that Congress had been lied to and that in previous hearings, Holder & Co. displayed the "unheard of" habit of redacting their letters and testimony to the Congress.  Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) said that it wasn't necessary for Holder to be sworn under oath because it was understood that he was already under oath by virtue of the purpose for which he was appearing.  Issa then asked Smith if he was sure that Holder was bound as being under oath, and Smith verified that he was. Impeachment Is Not Enough, Holder Needs to Be Handcuffed.  As Attorney General Eric Holder testified before Congress yesterday, two things were reinforced.  One:  Holder has a problem telling the truth.  Two:  Congressmen Darrell Issa (R-CA), Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), and Ted Poe (R-TX), have a problem with people who have a problem telling the truth.  And they have a point.  As a matter of fact, as I watched the hearings unfold I continually thought to myself:  "If Bill Clinton had obstructed justice to this degree, even Senator Trent Lott would have manned up and removed him from office." 'Lying,' Holder Says, 'Has to Do With Your State of Mind'.  This morning on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Eric Holder was asked whether he lied to Congress about the Fast & Furious gun-running scandal.  Rep. James Sensenbrenner asked Holder:  "Tell me what's the difference between lying and misleading Congress, in this context?"  Holder's response is a bit Clintonian. Holder refuses to fire aides from Fast and Furious operation.  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., during a rancorous House committee hearing Thursday, dismissed Republican calls to fire top Justice Department officials involved in the botched Fast and Furious weapons operation and repudiated charges that his agency lied to Congress during the investigation. Holder may be holding on to private emails about Fast and Furious.  A largely overlooked exchange from Thursday's House Judiciary Committee hearing includes what appears to be an admission from Attorney General Eric Holder that emails to and from him about Operation Fast and Furious may exist, and that he's refusing to provide them to Congress. Don't Dial ACLU-Heavy DOJ for Voter Fraud Protection.  If you thought the U.S. Justice Department under Attorney General Eric Holder was already shockingly biased toward far-left causes, get ready for a more permanent problem.  As Hans A. von Spakovsky has outlined in the first of five articles for Pajamas Media about DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Holder has hired 16 civil service employees — not political appointees — in the Voting Rights Section.  This means they will be part of the permanent bureaucracy.  It's part of an overall trend of loading the Civil Rights Division with card-carrying leftists despite Holder's promise to hire qualified people regardless of ideology. Impeach Holder and DOJ Officials for DOJ Lies.  This week in front of the House Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Eric Holder doubled down, then tripled down, on Fast and Furious. He dug in, fought back, and pretended nothing is systemically wrong inside his Justice Department.  Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) even accused him of potential contempt of Congress, a crime (2 U.S.C. 192).  Holder's testimony was not merely shameful, it was a maturing manifestation of a lawlessness which I first warned about in July of 2010 when I testified about the New Black Panther dismissal.  Small acts of lawlessness have given way to larger ones. Rifts in Congressional Black Caucus over Fast and Furious, Holder.  A Congressional Black Caucus staffer told The Daily Caller on Monday [12/12/2011] that the "general feeling" of most caucus members is that the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious is warranted.  But, the staffer added, most members think the investigation has turned into a "witch hunt."  The CBC hasn't taken an official stance on Fast and Furious or whether Attorney General Eric Holder is responsible for the scandal-plagued operation.  There have been major rifts among its members over the scandal. The Editor says... It is simply amazing that there are people in this country to whom race matters more than testimony or evidence.  Apparently the CBC's position is that Eric Holder can do no wrong, and all criticism of him must be based on racial prejudice. Rep. Ben Quayle on Holder: 'I call for his immediate resignation'.  On Tuesday [12/13/2011], Arizona Republican Rep. Ben Quayle became the 57th House member to demand Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation over Operation Fast and Furious.  "The fact that he hasn't fired a single person shows that Attorney General Holder is more concerned with protecting himself and his political appointees than holding individuals accountable for Fast and Furious," Quayle said in a statement shown to The Daily Caller on Tuesday afternoon. Behind Holder's war on voter-ID laws.  If you want to buy over-the-counter cold medicine at your local drugstore, chances are you have to show a photo ID to do it.  Same if you want to get on a plane, rent a car or open a bank account.  So why not to vote?  But to Attorney General Eric Holder, the idea is an outrage.  In the name of "civil rights," he's declared war on a nationwide movement to ensure the integrity of the electoral process. Documents Reveal Coordination Between ACORN Affiliate and Justice Department Voting Section.  Judicial Watch has done it again. It has produced — following a Freedom of Information Act request filed with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) — documents that suggest extensive coordination and communications between the DOJ Voting Section and former ACORN affiliate Project Vote.  Project Vote appears to be directing DOJ resources toward particular states; is having meetings with DOJ staff; and is even recommending lawyers to work in the Justice Department Voting Section that will oversee the 2012 presidential election. Eric Holder's continued obfuscation on Fast and Furious.  As we mark one year this week since Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was shot to death in Arizona — with guns allowed to drift over the Mexican line found at the scene — we certainly know much more about Operation Fast and Furious.  That's the bad-idea-executed-poorly child of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, sanctioned by your own U.S. Justice Department.  In addition to Terry's death, another federal agent may have been killed in Mexico by a walked gun, and the case could well have ties to North Texas. Holder Ignores Voter Intimidation But Will Go After Voter ID Requirements.  Our Attorney General, the same one who wouldn't prosecute obvious voter intimidation, now leads the "it's racism!" charge this election season with a speech signaling his department will be wasting resources by looking into State Voter ID laws. ... I find it quite humorous when people give the argument that forcing someone to have ID to vote will somehow suppress minorities.  Is it not racist to believe that they aren't capable of get an ID?  Even the very poor must have ID when spending their welfare money. It's not fast and furious for Eric Holder.  At last count, 59 members of Congress want the resignation of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.  They should save their energy and watch the faucet drip more.  Holder won't quit — yet — even though he's repeatedly lied to Congress and the American people about the disgusting Justice Department operation that sent a couple of thousand guns to Mexican drug cartels. The New York Times Paints Holder As A Victim Of Fast And Furious.  Charlie Savage's newest piece at The New York Times is, as my friend Sean Arthur on Twitter says, a shameless PR drivel and allows Mr. Holder to make ludicrous statements without challenge and pulls the race card.  The New York Times and Charlie Savage are really going to do this after all the articles they published during Attorney General Alberto Gonzales scandals?  Give me a break.  The hypocrisy at The New York Times is too much to take. Indiana Lawmaker: Holder Absent on Primary Petition Fraud Case.  Republican Rep. Todd Rokita, who served eight years — from 2002 to 2010 — as Indiana's secretary of state, told Fox News that he has not received a response from Holder on either charges of election fraud in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary in his state or other issues of election integrity. Is anyone really buying Holder's excuses on Fast & Furious?  I recall when it came to light that Karl Rove, who wasn't a Cabinet secretary or running federal law enforcement for the US, used his personal e-mail account while working on George W. Bush's political team in the White House.  Democrats clutched hankies and swooned at the lack of transparency.  Now the Attorney General of the United States has suggested that his personal e-mail account might have been used to bypass transparency, and that there are thousands of communications that he will flat-out not share with Congress on the matter of Operation Fast and Furious, which a year ago resulted in the death of a US Border Patrol agent and perhaps hundreds of murders in Mexico.  Have the same Democrats demanded transparency of the Obama administration? Want Answers About Fast and Furious? You're a Racist.  Holder claims he didn't know about gunwalking techniques being used in the operation until the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, telling House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa on May 3, 2011 he had known about Fast and Furious for "a couple of weeks."  However, five memos addressed directly to Holder, detailing Operation Fast and Furious, are dated July and August 2010, nearly a year before Holder admitted he knew under oath.  The Justice Department continues to stonewall the investigation into the lethal operation and still hasn't given the Terry family details about their son's murder one year later. Holder draws the race card and busts.  It's no surprise that Eric Holder has accused his critics of racially motivated attacks.  This is the last refuge of scoundrel black politicos who can't defend themselves on the facts or the merits of their case. ... If anyone cares to notice, the top law enforcement officer in the land apparently sees most everything through the prism of race. He's also a confirmed liar and perjurer.  If that's not enough to demand his resignation — no matter what the color of his skin — then we might as well start hiring convicts to enforce the law. The Editor says... Yeah, they might as well put a serial tax cheater in charge of the IRS, too. West: Holder's race card is the 'last card in the deck'.  Florida Republican Rep. Allen West told The Daily Caller on Monday that Attorney General Eric Holder's use of the race card as a way to attack those who are criticizing him is "reprehensible."  "I think this is absolutely the last card in the deck, and that shows how weak their ground is," West said in a phone interview. Obama and Holder Should Put the Race Card back in the Deck.  President Obama led us to believe that he would be a post-racial president who would bring the races together, but it's gotten to where you can't criticize this most leftist administration in American history without someone accusing you of racism.  The most recent example involves criticism of Attorney General Eric Holder over Fast and Furious... Justice Dept. blames critics for noticing Holder's race-card play.  Under fire for leveling a racially charged attack at his critics, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has neither backed down nor revise his remarks, appearing instead to restate them.  In a front page New York Times story on Sunday [12/18/2011], Holder alleged that some of his critics — a group he referred to as the "more extreme segment" — are motivated by racism. Holder Cowardly Plays Race Card in Fast and Furious.  In an interview with the New York Times published over the weekend, Holder accused those who want to know who authorized the Fast and Furious gun-running operation of being racially motivated.  The 60 congressmen, two senators, two sitting governors, and all the major presidential candidates who have openly called for Holder's resignation are not concerned in his view about how two U.S. agents and hundreds of Mexicans got killed with U.S. guns.  No, according to Holder, they are motivated by the color of Holder's and President Obama's skin. Under Fire, Holder Brazens On.  In a jaw droppingly sycophantic NYT's piece, originally titled, "Under Partisan Fire, Holder Soldiers On", the Obama administration's #1 lapdog, Charlie Savage reported that a defiant Eric Holder has no intention of stepping down.  Lashing out at his and Obama's critics, Holder whipped out the all too familiar race card. Top 10 Christmas Gifts for Leading Liberals.  [#2]  Dictionary for Eric Holder:  The attorney general trotted out a rather disjointed response while being grilled at a congressional hearing about his department's response to Congress regarding the Fast and Furious gun-running operation.  Holder said a letter denying responsibility for the program was not a lie "because it all has to do with your state of mind."  Actually, Mr. Holder, here is a definition of a lie from the Merriam Webster Dictionary that more aptly applies to your situation:  "To create a false or misleading impression." Holder's Voter ID Fraud.  The Obama Administration's re-election mobilization continues:  Witness Eric Holder's attempt to play the race card and perhaps twist the law in a campaign against voter identification laws.  In the Attorney General's telling, the movement in the states to require voters to show some ID is a revival of minority disenfranchisement a la Jim Crow. Krauthammer: Eric Holder 'one of the most incompetent attorneys general in US history'.  Last week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder suggested racism was behind the attacks he was facing for the missteps his Department of Justice has made.  On Friday's "Special Report with Bret Baier" on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer explained what he thought was the rationale behind this charge from Holder:  It's a defensive tactic for his political troubles. Congressman trumps Holder's race card, asks if Mexican gun-walking deaths were 'racially motivated'.  Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar told The Daily Caller that Attorney General Eric Holder's race-card play to attack his critics is "absolutely horrendous."  But Gosar said he thinks race may have played a role in the Department of Justice's execution of Operation Fast and Furious -- but in a different way from how Holder is framing it. The Justice Department Condones Perjury — Again.  Why should we be surprised?  Look at how Eric Holder and the DOJ have mishandled the investigation into Operation Fast & Furious and repeatedly misled Congress. Eric Holder Blocks SC Voter ID, Texas Next.  Eric Holder has blocked South Carolina's voter ID law.  Hans von Spakovsky and I have been predicting this was going to happen for over eight months here at PJ Media.  The only surprising thing is that no halftime adjustments were made after it became even clearer an objection was on the way.  Texas now faces the same dilemma. Holder Looks Through Race-Colored Glasses.  Fresh from using his race as a defense in the Fast and Furious scandal, the attorney general blocks South Carolina's voter photo ID law as discriminatory.  Tell that to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Will Obama steal the 2012 election?  [Eric] Holder is a shameless demagogue.  He has become the Democratic Party's new Al Sharpton:  Everything is seen through the lens of race.  He has refused to prosecute members of the New Black Panther Party, who in the 2008 election stood at a polling booth wielding clubs in a blatant attempt at voter intimidation.  Career Justice Department lawyers admitted that Mr. Holder's policy is not to go after black perpetrators whose victims are white.  He insists that Republican criticism leveled at him over Operation Fast and Furious is because of his race... The truth behind Holder's push for 'electoral equality'.  As for Holder, his role as champion of electoral fairness is embarrassingly unilateral.  He was far less protective of "the franchise" in his early days at Justice where one of his first acts was to dismiss out of hand a civil suit against two men accused of voter intimidation.  Although the attorney general refuted claims that his decision was based on skin color — both men were members of the New Black Panther party — a former assistant AG swore the move was motivated purely by race, possibly with input from the White House. Eric Holder's cowardice is showing.  In February of 2009, Eric Holder used the occasion of his confirmation as U.S. attorney general to berate the American people for their reticence on matters of race and equality.  "Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards," he famously lectured.  In the years since, he has emerged as the living embodiment of his words.  I don't mean by this that he has initiated a dialog on race.  Rather, he has demonstrated the most abject form of cowardice, hiding behind and exploiting his position as the nation's chief law enforcement officer to pervert the rule of law to benefit "his people." If GOP Goes Easy on Obama, It'll Be a Fatal Mistake.  There are also signs that Democrats may be willing to cheat as they look for ways to rally their disillusioned base.  Scandal-plagued ACORN has reemerged, and according to investigative reporter Matthew Vadum, at least five ACORN officials have visited the White House for meetings in 2011.  Vadum reports that "one of these officials has been involved in vetting Department of Justice hires who may help to enforce the voter fraud-enabling National Voting Rights Act, also known as the Motor-Voter Law."  The DOJ has been accused of refusing to enforce parts of the law that prohibit ineligible felons, dead people and nonresidents from voting, while vigorously enforcing parts of the law that require states to register voters at welfare offices, the vast majority of whom vote Democratic. Eric Holder is Obstructing Justice with Fast and Furious Defense.  When the U.S. Department of Justice released over 1,000 pages of internal documents last Friday evening [12/2/2011], a charge that seemed unlikely to be proven just weeks before appears now all but certain to apply to Attorney General Eric Holder and his top lieutenants:  guilty of obstruction of justice. Justice Department's political action.  The Justice Department has been empowered to use millions of dollars intended to go to victims of racial discrimination to enrich pressure groups with close White House ties.  It's another revelation of the means the Obama administration is using to divert funds to political cronies. How Obama Betrays Martin Luther's King's Dream.  [Scroll down]  Holder's record as Attorney General has been so disgraceful that a growing list of 60 Congressmen, two Senators, GOP presidential candidates and at least two sitting governors have called for his resignation.  Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer has called him one of the most incompetent attorney generals in American history.  Yet Obama chose him and continues to support him despite a record of failure.  Is Holder serving all the American people?  Is there truly no one in the vast ranks of attorneys who could serve in that role?  Does Obama care about the content of Holder's character or the color of his skin? Fast and Furious Stonewallings Call For Eric Holder's Impeachment.  For nearly a year Holder has been avoiding accountability for Operation Fast and Furious, a secret ATF program that allowed guns to "walk" into Mexico and right into the arsenals of Mexican drug cartels.  Nevertheless, he still looked shocked when a congressman insinuated he might be impeached.  Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, suggested impeachment of administration officials involved with Operation Fast and Furious just might be the only way to bring this bloody scandal to a close. Holder's United Front on Fast and Furious Crumbles.  In an ominous development for the Obama administration, Patrick Cunningham, chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona, has told the House Oversight Committee that he will assert his privilege against self-incrimination rather than testify before the committee next week.  DOJ officials in Washington evidently have blamed Cunningham for the fact that they provided false information to Congress in what appears to be an effort to cover up the Fast and Furious scandal. New Docs Reveal How DOJ Kowtows to Muslim Brotherhood.  In what promises to be an enormous document dump, I have received the first in a series of DOJ bundles in response to my FOIA request filed close to a year ago. ... One thing is clear, the Muslim Brotherhood has fully infiltrated command and control at the Department of Justice civil rights division. ... In a rational society, these Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups would be marginalized.  Instead, the DOJ is playing Stepin Fetchit for them.  They're using the DOJ as their legal arm. Issa says Holder should apologize to Mexico.  House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa told The Daily Caller that Attorney General Eric Holder owes an apology to the Mexican government and to the families of Operation Fast and Furious victims south of the border.  "Justice has blood on their hands," Issa said Wednesday [1/25/2012] during an exclusive interview with TheDC, referring to the U.S. Department of Justice. Why Eric Holder Must Go.  Ever since he was confirmed as attorney general, Eric Holder has had his own agenda, supported by the Obama administration.  As chief law enforcement officer, many of his decisions have not been in the best interest of this country.  American Thinker interviewed congressmen who see the fiasco of "Fast and Furious" as the last straw and cite this as the final reason Eric Holder needs to resign. Justice Department changes inquiry response procedures to Congress after Fast and Furious.  The Justice Department is tightening procedures for responding to information requests from Congress in the aftermath of a troubled arms trafficking investigation. DOJ dodges, won't say if Holder knew 'Fast and Furious' gun killed border guard.  A document the Department of Justice sent to Congress Friday shows that Eric Holder's deputy chief of staff was made aware on the day of U.S. border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's murder that a weapon traced back to Operation Fast and Furious killed him.  But when asked Sunday, a Justice spokesperson would not would not answer The Daily Caller's question about whether Attorney General Eric Holder himself was informed of the connection on that day. The Holder Department Of Justice Takes The Fifth.  Should U.S. Attorney [Patrick J.] Cunningham refuse to cooperate with the Congress and/or appropriate law enforcement officials, or should he actually take the Fifth while under oath, we will be at that point of decision, and Mr. Cunningham — and the nation — will have a serious problem.  Mr. Cunningham is a member of the Department of Justice, those law enforcers charged with watching the watchers, all of the law enforcers not only on the federal, but the state and local levels.  Who will watch the watchers of the watchers?  Who will investigate and prosecute those potentially trying to scapegoat Mr. Cunningham, if that is indeed what is happening?  The very people who may be trying to frame Mr. Cunningham are likely those who would be charged with investigating and prosecuting themselves. Holder's fantastical claim about 'Fast and Furious'.  [Eric] Holder wants Americans to believe an obvious fantasy, namely that he didn't know about Fast and Furious until witch-hunting House Republicans made it a highly charged partisan issue a few months ago.  But after reviewing new emails made public by the Justice Department last Friday, it seems clear that accepting Holder's claim at face value would be credulous in the extreme. Eric Holder's False Testimony Warrants Impeachment.  For incompetence alone, Attorney General Eric Holder should resign in the wake of the illegal "Fast and Furious" gunrunning scandal.  But fresh news that he knew of it and is covering it up warrants impeachment. Rep. Issa threatens Holder with contempt over 'Fast and Furious' operation.  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) threatened to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress if the nation's top cop doesn't hand over Justice Department documents within nine days.  Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, blasted Holder in a letter on Tuesday [1/31/2012] for refusing to comply with the panel's subpoena for documents relating to the "Operation Fast and Furious" gun-trafficking operation. Bribery, compromised officials leave indicted financial-crime suspects free from prosecution under Holder's DOJ.  A U.S. Justice Department source has told The Daily Caller that at least two DOJ prosecutors accepted cash bribes from allegedly corrupt finance executives who were indicted under court seal within the past 13 months, but never arrested or prosecuted.  The sitting governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands, his attorney general and an unspecified number of Virgin Islands legislators also accepted bribes, the source said, adding that U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is aware prosecutors and elected officials were bribed and otherwise compromised, but has not held anyone accountable. A failed 'Fast and Furious' whitewash.  "Operation Fast and Furious was the latest in a series of fatally flawed operations run by ATF agents in Phoenix and the US Attorney's Office," say committee Democrats.  "Far from a strategy that was directed and planned by 'the highest levels' of the Department of Justice... the committee has obtained no evidence that Operation Fast and Furious was conceived or directed by high-level political appointees at Department of Justice headquarters."  The operative words here are no evidence.  That's because Justice stubbornly refuses to provide any.  Holder and his flunkies have spent more than a year evading, prevaricating, changing stories and outright stonewalling. DOJ Stonewalling on Justice Kagan.  In the course of Justice Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court, emails came to light suggesting that she had worked on behalf of Obamacare when she was in the Department of Justice.  Under normal conflict of interest principles, she would not be able to sit as a judge on a case where the issue is the constitutionality of a statute that she supported as a lawyer.  So Congressional Republicans have pressed repeatedly for information on the role that Kagan played in relation to Obamacare when she served in the Department of Justice.  The response of Eric Holder's DOJ has been to stonewall. Holder Must Come Clean On 'Fast And Furious' Scandal.  Issa's response was the right one, because that bungled operation amounted to U.S. lawmen aiding and abetting sales of deadly weapons to Mexican drug cartels.  It made no sense from a legal, law-enforcement or national security point of view.  It bore all the marks of a White House political operation to sway U.S. public opinion in favor of gun control as the bodies piled up. Congress Warns Holder Over Acorn Payola.  Last week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith fired off a three-page letter to Attorney General Eric Holder warning that his recent punishment of Bank of America's mortgage unit seemed political.  In fact, he may have abused his power.  As IBD first reported Jan. 4, 'BofA Must Pay Excess Settlement Funds To Acorn Clones," the $335 million lending-bias deal requires BofA to fork over a chunk of the payout to leftist groups not connected to the suit.  The unusual term is part of a secret Justice program to redistribute millions in settlement cash to third parties instead of alleged victims. GOP report: Justice officials were on top of Fast and Furious.  Top Department of Justice officials had extensive knowledge of and involvement in Operation Fast and Furious, claims a new report released Thursday [2/2/2012], hours before Attorney General Eric Holder's scheduled testimony to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.  The report released by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, top lawmakers investigating the botched gunrunning operation, claims Justice Department officials in Washington and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were involved in the coordination in the early stages of the operation. Blood Bath on Capitol Hill: Preview of Eric Holder Under Oath.  Attorney General Holder will appear before the House Oversight Committee this morning on Capitol Hill to answer questions specifically surrounding his role in the the lethal Operation Fast and Furious program.  Holder will have a ton of explaining to do including:  when he was briefed about the death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, whether he was informed by his deputy chief of staff at the time Monty Wilkinson about Fast and Furious guns being used to kill Terry the same day of his murder, why the Justice Department has been stonewalling Congress for information and more. Criminal Rot Spreads Through Justice Department.  There seems to be a pattern emerging in the Holder Justice Department:  DOJ employees committing crimes and very little seems to happen to them.  I'm not just talking about the questionable testimony under oath of Attorney General Eric Holder or Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez.  I'm talking about theft, graft, child porn, bribery, and perjury.  The fact that very little ever seems to happen to DOJ officials who purportedly commit the crimes tells you a great deal about the leadership of the Obama DOJ. Holder's No. 2 in 2009: Gunwalking, Fast and Furious a 'terrific idea'.  The head of the Department of Justice's Criminal Division and Attorney General Eric Holder's highest-ranking deputy, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer, called Operation Fast and Furious and gun walking a "terrific idea" in emails to now-former Acting Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Ken Melson back in late 2009, according a report released by Republican staff of the House Oversight Committee. Respecting Eric Holder.  Eric Holder appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today, and received what can charitably be called a hostile reception.  He was grilled by Republican members over everything from Fast and Furious — the intended subject of the hearing — to the Marc Rich pardon. Holder Repeats Fast And Furious Lies.  After a series of Friday document dumps exposed DOJ's deceit, Deputy Attorney General James Cole, in another letter to Congress, wrote, "Facts have come to light during the course of this investigation that indicate the Feb. 4 [2011] letter contains inaccuracies."  In other words, the Justice Department lied to Congress.  It lied again Thursday [2/2/2012] in the person of the attorney general who once again failed to provide the whole truth and nothing but the truth.  Eric Holder and his department have lied to Congress.  Scooter Libby was sentenced to prison for much less.  We await Holder's fate and hope justice will prevail. Democrats circle wagons around Holder in hearing.  Democrats defended — even apologized to — Attorney General Eric Holder throughout today's hearing on Operation Fast and Furious, impugning the motives of Republican investigators and absolving Holder of any scandal. Holder should walk the plank on 'Fast and Furious'.  At yesterday's hearing, Issa and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who has also been probing the Fast and Furious program, released a detailed report about their investigation, saying new documents they obtained demonstrate Holder's department "had much greater knowledge of, and involvement in, Fast and Furious than it has previously acknowledged." Gowdy repeats call for Holder to resign 'the easy way,' or be impeached 'the hard way'.  South Carolina Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy reaffirmed his call for Attorney General Eric Holder's resignation "the easy way," or impeachment "the hard way," during an interview with The Daily Caller after Thursday's House oversight committee hearing during which Holder testified about Operation Fast and Furious.  While he was questioning Holder at the hearing, Gowdy explained that officials at the Department of Justice's headquarters were aware of Fast and Furious and gun-walking tactics long before a "demonstrably false" letter was sent to Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley claiming otherwise. Covering Up Fast & Furiously.  The Fast and Furious investigation in Congress is becoming even more fast and furious with Congressional Chairman Issa threatening a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder.  Last week's Friday document dump by the DoJ once again added to the widely held belief that that the AG and his minions are hiding something from Congress and the American people, but what? We're All Nonprofit Now.  [Scroll down]  The Attorney General himself this week did a world class shuck and jive act to cover up his handling of Fast & Furious, a bit of nincompoopery which cost hundreds of Mexican lives, the lives of two American agents, and will certainly cause untold damage in both countries for years as drug lords make use of the weaponry Holder placed in their hands. ... The corruption in the Department of Justice under Holder is not being reported by the mainstream media, which barely covered the hearings.  But online you might learn that Department of Justice Prosecutors took bribes to forestall prosecution of indicted crime suspects; the Department knows of it and has as of yet refused to prosecute these people or discipline them. Holder in Fast in Furious Testimony: I Should Be 'Given Some Credit'.  If you weren't able to watch today's congressional hearings with Attorney General Eric Holder on the Fast and Furious scandal, here's a taste of what it was like.  Two American law enforcement agents are dead, and despite bearing a significant measure of responsibility, the Justice Department has been stonewalling for months and several pieces of evidence suggest the DOJ has not told the truth about what it knows.  When members of Congress voice their frustration with this, Holder is defensive and says he deserves "credit". AG Holder May Be Held in Contempt for "Fast & Furious" Cover-up.  Attorney General Eric Holder faced tough questions about the "Fast and Furious" gun-trafficking scandal from outraged members of Congress during a Thursday hearing, but he continued to defiantly stonewall while refusing to hand over key documents subpoenaed in the congressional investigation.  Republican lawmakers responded by telling the Justice Department boss to resign and saying that if the cover-up continues, he could be charged with contempt of Congress. Former Tucson DEA head: Holder either knew of gun-walking, or was willfully unaware.  Former Tucson Drug Enforcement Administration chief Tony Coulson told The Daily Caller that Attorney General Eric Holder either knew guns were walking during Operation Fast and Furious, or should have known about the deadly practice.  "[Fast and Furious] was driven locally and it was driven from Arizona, from the ground up, I mean it was not much oversight," Coulson said in a phone interview.  "And, I mean, I can only speak to the reporting, but people all the way up to the attorney general knew what was going on." Holder granted extra time to turn over 'Fast and Furious' documents.  A key congressional Republican who had threatened to bring a contempt citation against Attorney General Eric Holder if he did not comply with a demand for "Operation Fast and Furious" documents by 5 p.m. Thursday [2/9/2012], has backed off his stated deadline. Sheriff Babeu: Fast and Furious mastermind should 'face criminal charges'.  Pinal County, Ariz. Sheriff Paul Babeu, a Republican congressional candidate, told The Daily Caller he thinks Attorney General Eric Holder "perjured himself" before Congress when testifying about Operation Fast and Furious.  "I believe that [Holder], and many sheriffs in Arizona believe that, he has perjured himself," Babeu said during an interview with TheDC at this weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.  "His story has changed.  After there was evidence produced that he did know — he was given briefings, he was given emails — he then started to walk back his statements to say that, 'well, I misunderstood the question.'" Sen. Cornyn says AG Holder 'dangerously ideological'.  Sen. John Cornyn says Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. is "playing politics" with the nation's anti-terrorism efforts and has compromised national security and put the lives of military personnel at risk. ... "Holder has ignored genuine cases of voter intimidation, and he has failed to vigorously enforce the right of our men and women in uniform deployed abroad to be able to cast their ballot," he said.  "Is this the kind of behavior that instills complete confidence in the President of the United States?" Issa takes step toward holding Holder in contempt of Congress.  On Tuesday [2/14/2012] Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House committee on Oversight and Government Reform, took a major step toward holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his failure to provide subpoenaed documents and other information about Operation Fast and Furious.  In a Jan. 31 letter, Issa had threatened Holder with such a move if he failed to provide all the subpoenaed documents relating to the Fast and Furious gunwalking scandal by Feb. 9.  That deadline has come and gone, and Holder's Department of Justice still hasn't provided most of those documents.  Issa's subpoena dates back to Oct. 12, 2011. Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2011.  Attorney General Eric Holder now operates the most politicized and ideological Department of Justice (DOJ) in recent history.  And revelations from the Operation Fast and Furious scandal suggest that programs approved by the Holder DOJ may have resulted in the needless deaths of many, including a federal law enforcement officer. Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" for 2011.  Fast and Furious was a DOJ/Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) "gun-running" operation in which guns were sold to Mexican drug cartels and others, apparently in hopes that the guns would end up at crime scenes.  This reckless insanity seems to have resulted in, among other crimes, the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, who was killed in a shootout with Mexican criminals in December 2010.  Fast and Furious guns were found at the scene of his death. Eric Holder's Protection of Voter Fraud.  Seeking to overturn a DOJ judgment that its voter photo identification law, passed in May 2011, violates the National Voting Rights Act (NVRA), the state of South Carolina recently announced that it is suing the Justice Department and Attorney General Eric Holder in federal court.  The decision by South Carolina comes as the DOJ is vigorously working to stop the spread of states enacting or implementing voter photo ID laws, prompting fears that the Obama administration is undermining the integrity of the upcoming 2012 elections. It's time to return Holder's contempt.  Since last May, Eric Holder has been stonewalling congressional attempts to get to the bottom of Fast and Furious — a mess hatched on his watch by Obama appointees at the office of the US attorney for Arizona and agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.  On Tuesday [2/14/2012], Rep. Darrell Issa (R.-Calif) — whose House Oversight Committee is leading the congressional investigation — sent Holder another in a series of stern letters, demanding that Justice comply with committee subpoenas that it's been pretty much ignoring since Oct. 12. Millions of Dead Voters, Brought to You By Eric Holder.  Over a year ago, I first warned that the Obama administration adopted a policy of refusing to enforce federal laws which require states to purge dead and ineligible voters from the rolls.  I discuss at length the details of this policy as revealed to me when I worked at the Justice Department in my book Injustice.  Today we learn that American voter rolls are infested with millions of dead and ineligible voters heading into the presidential election.  Eric Holder and his Leftist political appointees at the Justice Department have gotten exactly what they wanted. Rep. Labrador is unafraid to speak truth to Holder.  Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), less than two years in office, quickly made a national mark by shining a bright light on the deeply troubling case of Operation Fast and Furious, the gun-running scandal that led to the murder of Border Agent Brian Terry in Arizona in December 2009. ... He blames media coddling of President Barack Obama.  "The mass media don't want there to be any scandals in the Obama administration," Labrador said.  "If this were a Republican administration, this would be on the top of the news every single night until there were answers or until ... heads rolled."  Labrador said that the Obama administration should never have participated in Operation Fast and Furious, but the apparent cover-up may be a greater scandal than the actual operation. Is Obama Courting Dead Voters?  Attorney General Eric Holder has been waging an increasingly aggressive campaign of late against state mandatory voter ID laws.  Because he's concerned about discrimination.  Against zombies.  Dead people have long been a major Democratic constituency, given that Democrats mostly control the big cities where such voter fraud — and other types — tends to occur. Eric Holder Admits To Congress: Fast And Furious Was Executed 'Extremely Poorly'.  Holder admitted [2/28/2012] that the program, which was linked to the shooting death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, had been executed extremely poorly.  "It was a bad attempt at trying to deal with a very pernicious problem, where guns are flowing from the United States to Mexico," Holder divulged.  "In its conception, in its execution, it was fundamentally flawed," Holder said about Fast and Furious. Eric Holder explains why he should be fired over Operation Fast & Furious.  The answer that Attorney General Eric Holder should have given to the first question should have been "Yes, and I take responsibility for what happened."  Anything else would simply make it glaringly obvious that Holder is fundamentally unfit for his job... which is what happened here. Another Straw-Purchaser, Another Federal Agent Dead (and Still Holder won't Comply).  Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is looking into the DOJ's role in Agent Zapata's murder, and believes the weapon which was used came from a program similar to Fast and Furious.  Which means that no one knows whether the gun-walking tied to Fast and Furious was ended, as Holder said it was, only to be started again under another program (with another name), or whether the gun walking tied to Fast and Furious simply continued longer than Holder claims it did. Eric Holder: Targeted killings legal, constitutional.  Attorney General Eric Holder Monday presented the Obama administration's most detailed justification for armed drone strikes carried out against Al Qaeda leaders, arguing that the U.S. government doesn't legally need judicial review to kill terrorist operatives overseas — even when those individuals are American citizens. Holder says law gives 'clear authority' to kill US citizens overseas.  Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday [3/5/2012] said the Obama administration has the "clear authority" to kill U.S. citizens overseas who are believed to be a terrorist threat.  "Given the nature of how terrorists act and where they tend to hide, it may not always be feasible to capture a United States citizen terrorist who presents an imminent threat of violent attack," Holder said.  "In that case, our government has the clear authority to defend the United States with lethal force." Former Taliban defender appointed to third highest position at the Justice Department.  One of the few Americans with the distinction of having been a terrorist's defense attorney has been named number three in command at the Justice Department.  Attorney General Eric Holder announced Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West's promotion to Acting Associate Attorney General last week. 'American Taliban' Attorney Now Number Three at DOJ.  Over at Pajamas Media, J. Christian Adams lays out the gruesome details of the elevation of Tony West to the No. 3 man at the Justice Department.  Adams explains that West and his San Francisco law firm have represented "some of the most radical Islamic terrorist causes, including the American Taliban John Walker Lindh."  Adams reports that, in his new position, West, who has brought into senior Justice jobs other prominent jihadist defenders, will be overseeing detainee policy at Guantanamo Bay. The Moral Hypocrisy of Barack Obama.  For those of us who remember Eric Holder and Barack Obama decrying waterboarding of three known foreign terrorists who provided information that saved American lives and played a role in the killing of Osama bin Laden, it is with some interest to hear the attorney general said the U.S. government has the right to order the killing of American citizens overseas if they are senior al-Qaeda leaders who pose an imminent terrorist threat and cannot reasonably be captured. Obama's Kill Doctrine.  On Monday, March 5, Northwestern University School of Law was the location of an extraordinary scene for a free nation.  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder presented President Barack Obama's claim that he has the authority to kill any U.S. citizen he considers a threat. ... What's even more extraordinary is that this claim, which would be viewed by the Framers of the U.S. Constitution as the very definition of authoritarian power, was met not with outcry but muted applause. Obama and the assassin's creed.  This week, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. laid out the Obama administration's rationale for assassinating Americans abroad.  Cutting through the rhetoric, the argument still amounts to saying, "because we can."  Speaking to an audience at Northwestern University law school Monday, Mr. Holder revealed some of the previously secret rationale for targeted killings of American citizens engaged in terrorism abroad. Obama is judge, jury and executioner.  In a speech to students at the Northwestern School of Law, Holder asserted that Barack Obama had the lawful power to order "the killing of American citizens overseas" if the president believes, based on secret information, that the American citizen is an "operational leader of al-Qaeda."  Holder went on to state that the presidential power to declare an American citizen an enemy of the state based on secret information and order the death of that person was sufficient "due process."  He declared that the "Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process" overturning 200 years of settled case law in one sentence. Obama's Alarming View on Who Wills the US Military.  Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told a Senate committee on Wednesday that the US would "seek permission" from international organizations before committing the military to war.  He also made it clear that the Obama administration does not feel it necessary to "inform" Congress or get their authorization for military action. All the "domestic surveillance" protestors from a few years ago are now totally silent. Can the president kill you?  Can the president kill an American simply because that person is dangerous and his arrest would be impractical?  Can the president be judge, jury and executioner of an American in a foreign country because he thinks that would keep America safe?  Can Congress authorize the president to do that? So When Are We Allowed to Be Intolerant?  [Scroll down]  As a specific example, consider what happened in Dayton, Ohio, in February 2011.  The Department of Justice (DOJ) ordered the Dayton, Ohio Police Department to lower its testing standards to increase the number of minority candidates who passed the two-part examination.  The passing scores for the exam were reduced from 66% to 58%, and from 72% to 63%.  The DOJ acted because, in its opinion, not enough minorities were passing the test, but the ultimate result was that the DOJ order guaranteed the continuance of mediocrity through lower civil servant standards.  Those who studied, who prepared, who worked to pass the exam were not rewarded for their efforts — indeed, they were penalized. Justice Dept opposes Texas voter ID law.  The Justice Department's civil rights division on Monday [3/12/2012] objected to a new photo ID requirement for voters in Texas because many Hispanic voters lack state-issued identification. Justice Department bars Texas voter ID law.  The Justice Department has blocked a new law in Texas requiring voters to show a photo ID, saying that it disproportionately harms Hispanic residents.  The action is the second time in three months that the Obama administration has blocked a state voter ID law. Feds challenge Texas voter ID.  The U.S. Justice Department has rejected Texas' new Voter ID law.  The department on Monday [3/12/2012] said Texas did not meet its burden under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and failed to show that the law will not discriminate against minority voters. AG Holder Could Be Jailed for Ongoing Fast & Furious Cover-up.  Tensions are rising quickly in the investigation of the deadly federal gun-running operation "Fast and Furious" as Attorney General Eric Holder's Department of Justice continues to unlawfully withhold subpoenaed documents.  The persistent stonewalling prompted Congress to renew its warning that contempt proceedings against top Obama administration officials are imminent if the cover-up does not end. 'No comment': Democrat refuses to support Holder amid resignation calls.  Oklahoma Democratic Rep. Dan Boren won't say if he supports Attorney General Eric Holder amid a surge in the number of House members who have demanded Holder's resign over Operation Fast and Furious.  A spokesperson for Boren, a conservative Democrat who is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition, said the congressman had "no comment" on whether he still has confidence in Holder. Holder's Identity Problem.  The tyranny of the photo ID is so all-encompassing that people can't enter Holder's own Justice Department without showing one.  Holder is outraged that in a nation where requests for photo ID are ubiquitous, more and more states are requiring that people show them when they vote. Holder Makes the U.S. Less Safe.  Eric Holder oversees the most politicized Department of Justice in American history.  Every attorney general chooses his or her battles.  Holder's legacy — beyond the Fast and Furious gun running boondoggle — will be an obsession with race. Another congressman signs on to 'no confidence' in Holder resolution.  Republican Rep. Rick Berg of North Dakota tells The Daily Caller that he now supports the official House resolution of "no confidence" in Attorney General Eric Holder. ... Berg is now the 121st member of the House to have signed the "no confidence" resolution, called for Holder's resignation, or both. Holder's Department of Injustice.  It takes indefatigable persistence to follow the unrelenting number of departures from the protections of equal justice taken by this Department of Justice and the Obama administration in general.  Eric Holder no longer attempts, assuming he ever had before, to disguise the blatant favoritism for Democrat voting blocs in his rulings — even while he applies selective enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Eric Holder Plays Texas Hold 'Em In Voter ID Suit.  The Justice Department's civil rights division, the same group that dropped the case of a group of New Black Panthers wearing military garb and carrying billy clubs as they stood outside a Philadelphia polling place in 2008, has filed an objection in U.S. District Court to Texas' voter identification law on the grounds it intimidates minorities and suppresses minority voter turnout. Friday document dump: Holder's DOJ releases more on 'Fast and Furious'.  In what has become a pattern, Attorney General Eric Holder dumped more documents related to Operation Fast and Furious on congressional investigators late Friday [3/16/2012].  Terry Frieden of CNN reported that Holder coughed up "hundred of pages" of documents.  Assuming that means Holder did not produce more than 1,000 documents, the Justice Department is still far from compliance with lawful congressional subpoenas. Justice Department is protecting voter fraud.  In December, Obama's Justice Department challenged South Carolina's voter identification law.  Obama and his party clearly want as many of what they consider undocumented Democrats — that would be illegal immigrants to the rest of us — to have unfettered access to the polls.  Lest anyone think I'm making a spurious allegation against the Democrats, consider the Justice Department's own language in challenging Texas' voter identification law, struck down by a federal judge earlier this week. Holder 1995: We Must 'Brainwash' People on Guns.  Breitbart.com has uncovered video from 1995 of then-U.S. Attorney Eric Holder announcing a public campaign to "really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way."  Holder was addressing the Woman's National Democratic Club.  In his remarks, broadcast by CSPAN 2, he explained that he intended to use anti-smoking campaigns as his model to "change the hearts and minds of people in Washington, DC" about guns. Department of Injustice.  Something is very rotten at the U.S. Department of Justice.  No other reasonable conclusion can be drawn from an independent report on the 2008 prosecution of then-Senator Ted Stevens. ... Most damaging to Justice's credibility is that, three years after Judge Sullivan set aside the guilty verdicts against Stevens, the department still hasn't disciplined the men and women involved.  Nor has it instituted harsher penalties for future abuses. The Obama Administration's Attack on Fair Elections.  Judicial Watch recently announced a major new campaign to stop leftist activists and their allies in the Obama administration from undermining the integrity of the elections in 2012.  As the nation heads into another presidential election season, our 2012 Election Integrity Project is one of JW's top priorities.  Our investigators have uncovered a multi-pronged strategy by leftist radicals to make certain Barack Obama and other liberal candidates are reelected by hook or by crook — with the full support and participation of the Obama Department of Justice (DOJ). Union Thugs Threaten Citizen Election Watchdogs.  The Communist (I do not use that term recklessly) publication People's World has an article full of threats and libel from union thugs and Soros-funded voter fraud deniers directed at law abiding Americans:  "Labor raising an 'army of 400,000' for the 2012 elections."  Groups like True the Vote and Judicial Watch are working to cleanse the voter rolls of ineligible and dead voters, using federal laws Eric Holder's Justice Department won't enforce. Barack's People:  Is there a better personification of Barack Obama and his disastrous, demagogic administration than Attorney General "my people" Eric Holder and his Department of Justice?  He is the only leader today more odious than Barack Obama, if only because he is unabashedly racist, whereas Obama pretends not to be.  Holder believes that his people deserve preference in all things, and that the deaths of hundreds of Mexicans, due to the Fast and Furious program, designed by minions, are unimportant.  The death of one Democrat is a tragedy — hundreds of dead Mexicans are a statistic.  They're not his people, or our people, or anything of importance for that matter. Senators demand firing of prosecutors in case against Stevens.  Senators are pushing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to fire the prosecutors responsible for the "disgusting" botched criminal case against the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).  The outrage in the upper chamber follows the release last week of a 525-page report that found the government kept numerous pieces of evidence from Stevens's attorney that could have proven his innocence or caused the case against him to be dismissed. Government paid nearly $1 million for Stevens report.  Nearly $1 million was paid to the law firm that conducted a two-year investigation of the government's bungled case against former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).  The news comes as Henry Schuelke III, who recently released a 525-page report on the botched Stevens case, readies to testify about his investigation before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday [3/28/2012]. What if Trayvon Had Been White, and the Shooter Black?  The truth of the matter is that "civil rights" cases are often little more than reverse lynch mobs.  In the Old South of the past, white mobs would drag black suspects out of jail and lynch them in the streets if they felt the wheels of justice were turning too slowly.  Today, black mobs, often led by the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, lead street protests or riots, and the Federal government comes after white suspects with the "rope" of "civil rights" charges.  And just like the old Southern sheriffs with ties to the Klan who turned a blind eye to the illegal actions of whites, the Department of Justice often refuses to act on "civil rights" violations when the perpetrators are black and the victims are white. Laura Ingraham: Eric Holder Not Going To Investigate The 'Black Panthers'.  Radio host Laura Ingraham paid a visit to Fox & Friends Tuesday morning [3/27/2012], where she was asked to weigh in on The New Black Panthers' $10,000 bounty for the "capture" of George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old volunteer neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida.  "They want him 'dead or alive'," noted host Gretchen Carlson. DOJ on New Black Panther Party Zimmerman bounty — No comment.  The U.S. Department of Justice had no comment on the $10,000 bounty the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) was offering for a "citizen's arrest" of George Zimmerman, the 28 year old man who told Sanford, Florida Police he shot and killed 17 year old Trayvon Martin on February 26 in an act of self-defense.  According to a number of reports, the NBPP "called for the mobilization of 10,000 black men" to do the "arrest."  Zimmerman and his family have received death threats since the case became a national issue. Holder's Revenge.  Attorney General Holder recently addressed the question of affirmative action, and for how long it would be required.  He answered, stunningly, that reverse discrimination has only just begun:  "Affirmative action has been an issue since segregation practices," Holder said.  "The question is not when does it end, but when does it begin[.] ... When do people of color truly get the benefits to which they are entitled?"  We see in these remarks the soil out of which rises the bitter fruit of racial resentment. Eric Holder Nailed $120,000 for Meritless Abortion Clinic Lawsuit.  The Department of Justice has been forced to hand over $120,000 for bringing a meritless abortion clinic access lawsuit against a clinic protester.  This loss is one of multiple lost cases by the Department of Justice against abortion clinic protesters.  The Special Litigation Section is the unit bringing the meritless cases.  It was profiled in the PJ Media Every Single One Series as being headed by and filled with Leftist ideologues.  The Special Litigation Section sued Mary Sue Pine under the "FACE" Act, which guarantees access to abortion clinics.  The complaint alleged Pine obstructed a car entering the clinic by standing in front of it. Zimmerman family challenges Holder on New Black Panthers.  In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday [4/9/2012], obtained exclusively by The Daily Caller, a family member of George Zimmerman asked the nation's top law enforcement officer why he has chosen to not arrest members of the New Black Panther Party for their rhetoric — some of which may fit the federal government's definition of a hate crime — throughout the Trayvon Martin case.  The family member believes the reason Holder hasn't made those arrests is because he, like the members of the New Black Panther Party, is black. Eric Holder Praises Left-Wing Activist Al Sharpton.  Attorney General Eric Holder praised left-wing activist Rev. Al Sharpton at the opening of the National Action Network (NAN) convention on Wednesday [4/11/2012], and also stressed that the Justice Department is conducting a thorough investigation of the fatal Trayvon Martin shooting that "will examine the facts and the law."  Sharpton, president of NAN and host of MSNBC's Politics Nation, has led several rallies demanding the arrest of George Zimmerman, who reportedly shot Martin on Feb. 26.  On Mar. 30 in Sanford, Fla., where the shooting occurred, Sharpton pledged that his group would "move to the next level if Zimmerman isn't arrested." Holder's Black Panther blind spot.  What is it about the Justice Department and the Black Panthers?  On March 24, Mikhail Muhammad, leader of the New Black Panther Party, offered a $10,000 bounty for the "capture" of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed Trayvon Martin.  The Panthers distributed wanted posters, calling him a "child killer" and offering the bounty "dead or alive."  Muhammad warned that Mr. Zimmerman "should be fearful for his life."  These acts were almost certainly criminal. Most Corrupt Attorney General in US History Tells Al Sharpton Group: "This Is Our Moment".  Wednesday [4/11/2012], U.S. Attorney General Eric "My People" Holder spoke before activists with the National Action Network, an organization founded by Al Sharpton, urging them to help the President promote his agenda. GOP lawyers' group chief: 'Desperate' Holder distorted our study to fit anti-voter ID agenda.  Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) Chairman David Norcross told The Daily Caller that a "desperate" Attorney General Eric Holder distorted a study his group conducted about voter fraud to fit President Barack Obama's anti-voter identification agenda. [...] Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) Chairman David Norcross told The Daily Caller that a "desperate" Attorney General Eric Holder distorted a study his group conducted about voter fraud to fit President Barack Obama's anti-voter identification agenda. Top 10 miscarriages of the Justice Department.  Rarely, if ever, has there been a more politicized Justice Department than the one presided over by Attorney General Eric Holder. Corzine Steals Billions Sans Charges, Errant Whale Watcher Faces Prison.  Which would you imagine might attract more aggressive enforcement from the Justice Department:  the theft of $1.2 billion from supposedly segregated customer brokerage funds, or lying about an alleged incident of whistling to attract the attention of a whale so that whale watchers could get a better peep?  If you said the latter, then you appreciate the extent to which federal law enforcement priorities have run off the rails. 'Fair' elections, Obama-style.  The November presidential election is shaping up as a clear choice between a vision of a smaller federal role and President Obama's view that there's no limit to what the government can do.  One thing the administration won't do is ensure the choices Americans make at the ballot box are properly counted.  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. has declared that widespread voter fraud "does not really exist" in the United States.  That was before video guerrillas presented him with an up-close view of the problem. Investigate Nugent But Not Farrakhan?  Team Obama is eager to distract the American people from the economic stagnation, job loss and sheer incompetence of this administration.  Let's talk about [Ted] Nugent, not Solyndra, the Chevy Volt, the soon-to-be $16 trillion debt ($5 trillion of which is Obama's), Fast and Furious or even Hilary Rosen.  Meanwhile, an administration that let the New Black Panthers avoid criminal charges for wielding a billy club outside a Philadelphia polling place in 2008 and that ignored the bounty placed by the Panthers on the head of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin shooting is concerned about Nugent. Amazon is Obama's Mistress.  Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder, announced on April 11, 2012 that the Department of Justice is suing Apple and five major book publishers on charges that they violated anti-trust laws by conspiring to raise the price of e-books.  Here's the catch:  Apple and the five publishers were not conspiring to artificially raise the price of the e-books.  They were merely switching from an outdated "wholesale pricing model" for print books to an "agency model" that is better suited for e-books. Contempt Charges For Holder Imminent — "Weeks Away" According to Issa.  This comes after a year of threats made by Chairman Issa to hold officials of the Obama Justice Department in contempt for their obstruction of justice surrounding the Fast and Furious scandal, unless they cooperated more fully. Oversight says reports of Holder contempt citation are false.  A spokesman for the House Oversight Committee said reports that the committee met with Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) office about moving ahead with a contempt of Congress citation against Attorney General Eric Holder are false.  "While the committee continues to move toward consideration of contempt, it is important to note that the next step in the process of contempt must be made by the Oversight Committee," a committee spokesman told The Hill in an email.  "Reports, based on anonymous sources, that decisions for consideration of contempt on the House floor have already been made are inaccurate." Obama Should 'Remove Eric Holder' and 'Just Come Clean' on Fast and Furious, Says Rep. Steve King.  "If I were the president of the United States, I would find a way for Eric Holder to step down, and it would be characterized as a firing," Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) told Fox News on Thursday [4/26/2012].  King suggested it would be better for President Obama to fire Attorney General Holder rather than let the "Fast and Furious" gun-running scandal blow up in Obama's face right before the election:  "And as more of this unfolds — and I think there is substantially more — you remember that September 19 is kind of the date that bad things happen before elections," King said. ACORN Whistleblower Says Obama DOJ 'Has Gone Wild'.  Unless voter integrity efforts take root this year, the notion of free and fair elections could become a relic of American history, Catherine Engelbrecht warned listeners during the "True the Vote National Summit in Houston, Texas yesterday [4/27/2012].  Engelbrecht, who is the president and founder of the organization, cited specific instances throughout the country where the number of voters listed on registration rolls exceeded the actual number of eligible voters.  She also said it was far too easy for non-citizens to obtain voter registration forms. Obama DOJ Wants Greater Power to Access Cellphone Records.  Barack Obama's Justice Department is requesting that access to cellphone records be made more available to the government.  Jason Weinstein, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's criminal division, asserted that warrants for early stages of investigations "crippled" prosecutors and law enforcement officials and thus should be abolished. The Holder Justice Department: 'Disgusting and Shameful' Indeed.  Why have Texas, South Carolina, and other states that have passed common-sense voter-ID laws run into such dogged opposition from the Justice Department?  One huge factor is the radical ideology and bias of the staff who work in the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division, as revealed in a new report from Christian Adams, a former Voting Section lawyer. House Republicans: Under Holder, 'Justice Department has become more partisan than ever'.  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, released a new report on Monday [4/30/2012] outlining why he believes the Obama administration's Department of Justice "has become more partisan than ever."  The report details how President Barack Obama's DOJ — led by Attorney General Eric Holder — has been "stalling" the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, has been "failing to enforce immigration laws" and has been "challenging voter ID laws."  Smith's report says Holder gave "inaccurate and incomplete testimony" about Fast and Furious during his May 3, 2011, appearance before the House Judiciary Committee. Issa sends out draft contempt order against Holder, says 'Furious' response 'cannot stand'.  Republican Rep. Darrell Issa has circulated a lengthy pair of documents making the case for holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over his "refusal" to cooperate in an investigation of the ill-fated Fast and Furious operation. Rep. Issa circulates contempt resolution against AG Eric Holder.  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has circulated a draft copy of a resolution that would hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.  The 44-page measure was sent to members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday [5/3/2012] in an attempt to shore up support for what would be the toughest action taken by Issa as chairman of the powerful panel. Contempt Process Begins Against Holder on Fast and Furious.  Sharyl Attkisson at CBS News reports that Republicans on the House Oversight Committee will take the first formal step toward contempt proceedings against Attorney General Eric Holder over Operation Fast and Furious.  The draft consists of a briefing paper and 48 pages that will be distributed to Democrats and Republicans. Cabinets gone wild.  Attorney General Eric Holder dropped charges against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation.  That may explain why he said nothing when the same group put out a dead-or-alive bounty poster on George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin shooting case.  Holder's department is suing the state of Arizona for passing a law to enforce the largely unenforced federal immigration law.  Holder suggested that the Arizona law was racially inspired even as he admitted that he had never read it.  Holder has praised the race-baiting Al Sharpton for his "partnership" and called the country "cowards" for not holding a national conversation on race on his terms.  The attorney general has referred to African-Americans as "my people," and he has characterized congressional oversight of his office's failure to rein in the Fast and Furious scandal as racially motivated attacks on himself. Few actions, minimal compliance from Holder on Fast and Furious subpoena.  A draft of a "contempt of Congress" citation House Republicans released on Thursday [5/3/2012] shows that Attorney General Eric Holder is still far from complying with a congressional subpoena over Operation Fast and Furious.  And even within the categories of the subpoena where his Department of Justice has taken some action, Holder's document production has been minimal. Back to the Barack Obama index page More about Liberals in general Back to President Obama's cabinet, staff and other associates. Back to the Home page

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