Report: Holder Tells DEA Chief to Get in Line

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The head of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration was called in to speak with Attorney General Eric Holder and told to get in line with the Obama administration’s policy on lessening sentencing for drug offenders, according to a report from the Huffington Post.

DEA chief Michele Leonhart has taken public stands in recent months against the administration’s rhetoric on marijuana legalization as well as efforts by the White House and the Justice Department to ease punshiments for those covicted of federal drug crimes. HuffPo‘s Ryan Reilly and Ryan Grim report that Leonhart was “called in” by Holder for a “one [on] one chat about her recent insubordination.” Leonhart seems to have gotten the message. Here more from their story:

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