Can the Republicans pardon the pardons when it comes to A.G. candidate Eric Holder?
By Carrie Johnson
Washington Post Staff Writer
WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee yesterday highlighted the role of attorney general candidate Eric H. Holder Jr. in controversial 2001 pardons, but GOP senators avoided direct attacks on Barack Obama’s leading choice to lead the Justice Department.
Republican congressional aides said no information had emerged that would disqualify Holder, a former D.C. Superior Court judge and U.S. attorney in the District, from serving as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. But Capitol Hill aides from both sides of the aisle nonetheless hauled out seven-year-old hearing records to refresh their memories about Holder’s inability to prevent a presidential pardon for fugitive Marc Rich on the final day of the Clinton administration.
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