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Holder on IRS Scandal: 'I Have Ordered an Investigation'

Holder on IRS Scandal: 'I Have Ordered an Investigation'

On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder, under fire for his own involvement in a Department of Justice scheme to grab months worth of Associated Press phone records, said that he would open an investigation into the Internal Revenue Service. The

Priebus Calls for Holder to Resign Over AP Phone Scandal

Priebus Calls for Holder to Resign Over AP Phone Scandal

Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus called for Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation on Tuesday over the Associated Press phone records seizure scandal. “Freedom of the press is an essential right in a free society,” Priebus said in a statement.

Eric Holder's Media Manipulations Under Scrutiny

Eric Holder's Media Manipulations Under Scrutiny

Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of phone records of Associated Press reporters–the latest in a long line of attacks on an open and free media coming from this Department of Justice (DOJ). “The Justice

Eric Holder's Media Manipulations Under Scrutiny

Eric Holder's Media Manipulations Under Scrutiny

Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of phone records of Associated Press reporters–the latest in a long line of attacks on an open and free media coming from this Department of Justice (DOJ). “The Justice

GOP Rep: Eric Holder Needs to Re-Read Constitution

GOP Rep: Eric Holder Needs to Re-Read Constitution

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told Breitbart News he thinks Attorney General Eric Holder needs a refresher course on the U.S. Constitution in the wake of reports that the Department of Justice secretly obtained two months of the Associated Press’s phone records.  Gosar

Holder: Civilian courts best to try terror cases

Holder: Civilian courts best to try terror cases

(AP) Holder: Civilian courts best to try terror casesWASHINGTONAttorney General Eric Holder says those who argue that civilian courts are incapable of handling terrorism cases “are simply wrong.” He says that after Sept. 11, members of Congress “placed unwise and

Fitton: Amnesty Bill Would Harm Election Integrity

Fitton: Amnesty Bill Would Harm Election Integrity

Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton told Breitbart News on Wednesday that if the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, which legalizes millions of American’s illegal immigrant population, were to pass, it would hurt the country’s elections. “Amnesty will harm the integrity

Kansas to Holder: 'Bring It'

On April 26, the day after the new Kansas gun law took effect, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback stating that attempting to block federal regulation of some guns is unconstitutional and that

Holder Threatens Kansas Over New Gun Law

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback received a letter today from Attorney General Eric Holder threatening action against the state should it enforce SB102, the pro 2nd Amendment law Brownback signed into law last month. The new law declares that the federal

Rep. King: Holder, Vilsack Knew Pigford Claims Fraudulent

Rep. King: Holder, Vilsack Knew Pigford Claims Fraudulent

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) accused U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack of knowing that women and minority farmers fraudulently claimed discrimination to receive taxpayer-funded settlements, and they knowingly initiated more programs to facilitate more of these payments.  

Eric Holder: Soft on Terror, Again

Eric Holder: Soft on Terror, Again

On April 27, Attorney General Eric Holder defended a federal judge’s decision to read confessed terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights after only 16 hours of interrogation, saying: “Everything was done appropriately, and we got good leads.” Holder’s statement confirmed earlier reports that he

Eric Holder and the 'civil right' of amnesty

Attorney General Eric Holder burbles out a sticky pile of politically correct, intellectually challenged verbiage on the urgency of creating a “pathway to earned citizenship” for illegal aliens, i.e. amnesty: Creating a pathway to earned citizenship for the 11 million

More on the ‘Eric Holder Crowd’ and Dzhokar’s Sudden Silence

Yesterday I noted Senator Lindsey Graham’s musing that the “Eric Holder crowd” was responsible for a federal judge suddenly barging into Dzhokar Tsarnaev’s hospital room and Mirandizing him, leaving FBI interrogators reeling in shock, as the previously cooperative terrorist suddenly

AG, FBI Director to Brief Obama on Bombing Probe

AG, FBI Director to Brief Obama on Bombing Probe

(AP) AG, FBI director to brief Obama on bombing probeWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama is being briefed on the developments in Boston Marathon bombing investigation by Attorney General Eric Holder, FBI Director Robert Mueller and several other national security officials. Vice President

Congressman Rips Holder over Ft. Hood Stonewalling

Congressman Rips Holder over Ft. Hood Stonewalling

Thursday on Capitol Hill, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) went after Attorney General Eric Holder for his failure to explain how the Fort Hood terrorist attack was classified as “workplace violence,” depriving victims of Purple Hearts and appropriate medical coverage. “We’re