Tag: Eric Holder

Attorney General Eric Holder listens at left during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, to announce the Justice Department's civil rights division will launch a broad civil rights investigation in the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department. At right is Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division Molly Moran. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Justice Dept. announces Ferguson police probe

Eric Tucker · September 5, 2014 2:29 am

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder makes false but racially incendiary claims about today's alleged "pernicious" racism, Larry Elder writes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Eric Holder: A more dangerous race-card hustler than Al Sharpton

Larry Elder · September 4, 2014 7:32 pm

Theo Murphy, left, of Florissant, Mo., and his brother Jordan Marshall, 11, light candles at a memorial on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Mo., where where unarmed Michael Brown was fatally shot by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)

Justice Dept. to investigate racial profiling, excessive force in Ferguson

Brian Hughes · September 4, 2014 7:13 pm

Protesters recenlty lined a street as police stand watch in Ferguson, Mo. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Ex-FBI deputy: Holder villifies police, has already convicted Ferguson cops

Paul Bedard · September 4, 2014 6:04 pm

Attorney General Eric Holder, left, talks with Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol at Drake's Place Restaurant,August 20, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais-Pool/Getty Images)

Activist groups hail expected DOJ probe into Ferguson police

Susan Crabtree · September 4, 2014 10:34 am

A chunk of the Justice Department's $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America may go to a government-chartered non-profit that gives hundreds of millions of dollars to housing activists once associated with the infamous ACORN group.ÃÂ (AP/David Goldman)

ACORN-linked groups may profit in Bank of America settlement

Mark Tapscott · August 30, 2014 10:00 am

Only nine percent hold a "very favorable" opinion of the Justice Department, while 26 percent hold a "very unfavorable" position, according to a poll. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Beltway Confidential

Americans believe the Department of Justice is motivated mostly by politics

Becket Adams · August 29, 2014 12:00 pm

Theo Murphy, left, of Florissant, Mo., and his brother Jordan Marshall, 11, light candles at a memorial on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Mo., where where unarmed Michael Brown was fatally shot by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)

National Security

Groups to deliver Ferguson petition to White House

Susan Crabtree · August 27, 2014 3:43 pm

Attorney General Eric Holder makes a statement at the Justice Department in Washington, DC after visiting Ferguson, Missouri, on Thursday. (Getty images / Alex Wong)

Fanning the flames of racial tension

Linda Chavez · August 22, 2014 7:58 pm

Attorney General Eric Holder, center, said the Justice Department has begun an "open criminal investigation" into James Foley's killing and said the department will "vigorously" conduct it. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Eric Holder vows ISIS will be held accountable

Susan Crabtree · August 21, 2014 4:55 pm

VIDEO: Ferguson seeks peace after Eric Holder’s visit

Ed Sykes · August 21, 2014 4:44 pm

President Obama speaks during a press conference Monday in Washington, DC. Obama returned from his vacation in Martha's Vineyard to hold meetings with his national security team and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. (Getty images / Win McNamee)

National Security

Most blacks satisfied with Obama’s response to Ferguson, poll finds

Brian Hughes · August 21, 2014 4:16 pm