Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com There was a time in Washington where such an event would have been unheard of. That’s all changed. Attorney General Eric Holder kicked off the Justice Department’s annual LGBT Pride Month Program on Wednesday, celebrating contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) employees as well as the civil rights gains made…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com While most of us were celebrating Mother’s Day on Sunday, Attorney General Eric Holder commemorated the service of fallen peace officers in an annual candlelight vigil, as part of National Police Week, reports the Justice Dept and PR Newswire. Each May 13, fallen officers’ newly engraved names are formally dedicated and read…
By Allan Lengel and Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)is attacking Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. once again, this time for a DEA operation that allowed money to flow to the Mexican drug cartels. In a press release issued Monday, Issa announced that he was investigating the matter, which was highlighted in a front…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com CHICAGO — Times are tough. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder brought that point home Monday morning as he spoke to a large audience at the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Chicago about the state of law enforcement in the country as departments face budget cuts. Holder said nearly 12,000 police…
By Allan Lengel For AOL News A last-minute ruling Wednesday by a federal judge blocking the government from using a key witness in a major terrorism case is expected to heat up the already contentious debate over whether to use civilian courts in such cases, legal experts say. “It will certainly fuel the debate,” said…
