By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Before a Sunday church crowd of more than 400 people in Long Island , Atty. General Eric Holder Jr. advocated a “spiritual awakening” among African Americans, saying the community needs to confront violence and other social ills that disproportionately impact blacks, Newsday reported. Holder, a native of Queens, honed in on…
Holder in GQ (left) and in Ebony By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. is getting serious shout outs this month in some major magazines — GQ and Ebony. Not bad. Ebony, in its December/January issue, listed Holder as one of the “Ebony Power 150” along with such notables as Michelle…
The Justice Department and FBI need to continually work on the relationship with the Arab-American and Muslim communities no matter how strained things get. It’s good for both sides. And no better place to make a speech like this than in the Detroit area, home to one of the largest, if not thee largest, Arab-American…
The Justice Department isn’t going to change its mind about holding a 9/11 terrorism trial in New York. So the best Republicans can do at this point is try to beat up on people like Attorney General Eric Holder. By Jake Sherman Politico WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Summer is long gone, but get ready for some serious grilling — Washington style. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled Wednesday morning to go before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on the “Oversight of the Department of Justice” and get grilled on such subjects as Fort Hood and the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Atty. General Eric Holder has appointed nine new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year terms on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys. The committee, created in 1973, will report to Holder through the deputy Attorney General. The panel speaks on behalf of the U.S. Attorneys and provides input…
Attorney Gen. Eric Holder Jr. delivered a speech in Vegas that not only focused on anti-Semitism, but also touched on the anti-Muslim sentiments in this country. It might help if both groups realized how much they had in common. By HILLARY LEILA KRIEGER Jerusalem Post Washington Correspondent US Attorney-General Eric Holder decried the continued phenomenon…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In this town of ego-excess, where power is the true currency, not money, its tough to be number one — even if you think you are. GQ magazine has weighed in with the “The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C.” Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is ranked 13 and…
