Tag: Eric Holder

Former Attorney General Eric Holder praised the result of Edward Snowden's decision to leak intelligence information while working as a contractor for the National Security Agency in 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Holder: Snowden performed a ‘public service’

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 30, 2016 2:21 pm

In an email with former Attorney General Eric Holder, the lead prosecutor had agreed the papers should be turned over to the legislative branch in their entirety. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Oversight chairman: ‘Concerted effort’ by DOJ to hide Fast & Furious docs

Anna Giaritelli · April 14, 2016 3:29 am

"We treat marijuana in the same way that we treat heroin now, and that clearly is not appropriate." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Eric Holder: Marijuana ‘ought to be rescheduled’

Kelly Cohen · February 25, 2016 5:47 pm

Comey's views contrasted sharply with those of Holder, who offered a more liberal understanding of the issue. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Comey vs. Holder: Race, crime and the police

Barry Latzer · January 16, 2016 5:01 am

Holder, Who Facilitated Marc Rich Pardon, Endorses Hillary Clinton

Daniel Halper · January 13, 2016 1:01 pm

Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who will campaign for Hillary Clinton in South Carolina ahead of Sunday's debate in Charleston, praised her plans to tackle a wide range of issues, such as gun control and college affordability. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Eric Holder endorses Hillary Clinton

Kelly Cohen · January 13, 2016 12:31 pm

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Oglala Sioux tribe.Â Among the self-governing Native American communities across the U.S., the jail population rose by four percent from midyear 2013 to midyear 2014.Â (AP Photo/Kristi Eaton, File)

Jail population in Indian communities rises 4 percent

Daniel Chaitin · October 25, 2015 5:46 pm

Former National Security Agency contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks during a video conference at an award ceremony for the Carl von Ossietzky journalism prize on December 14, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Getty)

White House terse on possible Snowden plea deal

Susan Crabtree · July 8, 2015 9:27 pm

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder thanks Justice Department employees as he delivers his parting remarks at the Robert F. Kennedy building April 24, 2015 in Washington. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Eric Holder praises Rand Paul, Kochs for criminal justice reform effort

Sean Higgins · July 6, 2015 3:29 pm

Gun violence is up 60 percent in Baltimore so far this year compared to 2014. (AP Photo)

Are we in for another high-crime era after the response to Ferguson and Baltimore?

Michael Barone · June 3, 2015 9:00 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest unloaded Thursday on Sen. Chuck Grassley for the delay in the confirmation vote for Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch, saying the Iowa Republican has "been in Washington too long." (AP Photo)

Earnest: Chuck Grassley has ‘been in Washington too long’

Brian Hughes · April 16, 2015 6:37 pm

Helpful Reminder from the Attorney General: Federal Employees Shouldn’t Solicit Prostitutes

Mark Hemingway · April 10, 2015 6:57 pm