Top-Ranking Justice Department Official in Criminal Division Leaving for New Job
The criminal division of the Justice Department is about to lose one of its top-ranking officials.
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The Post and Courier Editorial: “Mr. Holder Should Spare the President That Overdue Task by Resigning”
By Post and Courier Editorial A Justice Department official insisted Wednesday that Attorney General Eric Holder has a “long-standing belief that protecting and defending the First Amendment is essential to our democracy.” That’s hard to reconcile with the department’s wide-ranging wiretapping of Associated Press editors and reporters last year. Also hard to reconcile is…
Atty. General Eric Holder Jr. Says He Won’t Step Down
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Forces Against Atty. Gen. Holder Building — at Least in Republican Ranks
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The forces against Atty. Gen. Eric Holder Jr. seem to be building some momentum — at least in the Republican ranks. The latest: Freshman Rep. Raúl Labrador(R-Idaho)on Thursday demanded that Holder resign, claiming he was lying when he testified before Congress about when he learned of ATF’s troubled Operation Fast and Furious….
Column: Texas Fed Judge Kent Continues to Disgrace Bench by Trying to Collect $174,000 Salary
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent of Texas disgraced the bench. For those who haven’t followed this, he pleaded guilty in February to lying about sexually abusing some female employees. He got 33 months in prison. But what is also so disgraceful and appalling is that Kent is trying to get…
Gov. Blagojevich Could Decide By Monday Whether to Resign
With his political lifelines running out, Gov. Blagojevich may have little choice. If he decides to step down, he can make it look like he made the decision, not the state’s attorney general or the court. BY NATASHA KORECKI AND CHRIS FUSCO Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Gov. Blagojevich will decide early next week — perhaps…