By FREDERIC J. FROMMERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe FBI is taking charge in the criminal investigation of the explosions at the Boston Marathon. The announcement came Monday night at a news conference in Boston whose participants included Richard DesLauriers, the agent in charge
Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar sent a letter to Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte to push for a hearing for his Resolution of No Confidence in Attorney General Eric Holder. He filed the resolution in December 2011 as
Attorney General Eric Holder may work through all four years of President Barack Obama’s second term because he is hesitant to miss the “opportunity” that remains as long as Obama wields power. Appearing on radio’s the Tom Joyner Morning Show
Funny – a lot of us do, too. In a a radio interview, today, Attorney General Eric Holder refused to answer a question about when he might leave the administration. Instead, the top lawman professed his allegiance to President Barack
The trustee for the now-defunct U.S. brokerage firm MF Global, former FBI Director Louis Freeh, issued a 124-page investigatory report blasting former MF Global CEO and Obama bundler Jon Corzine for “negligent conduct,” employing trading strategies with lax oversight, and
Conservative Supreme Court Justices ripped President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder from the bench on Wednesday during oral arguments concerning the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act. As The Hill noted, once Obama and Holder decided in 2011
House Republicans are standing strong in their pursuit of Operation Fast and Furious documents, The Hill’s Jordy Yager reports, undercutting a narrative the Department of Justice has tried to seep into the media. President Barack Obama asserted executive privilege over
Attorney General Eric Holder faces new questions about racial bias at the Department of Justice (DOJ), as well as about the veracity of his testimony before Congress, as the result of a new Inspector General report and documents obtained by
UPDATE 3/12/2013 3:40pm EST: Credit reporting agencies Equifax and TransUnion Corp have confirmed that at least some of the credit reports in question have been improperly accessed. Equifax specifically states that it “can confirm that fraudulent and unauthorized access to
Supporters of national security and the Constitution are rightly outraged about learning that Sulaiman Abu Ghaith–the al Qaeda spokesman who is also Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law–appeared today in federal court in New York City. And it raises the next stage
Senator Rand Paul reacts to Eric Holder’s response to his filibuster…
During Thursday’s briefing White House Press Secretary Jay Carney read from a letter that Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spelling out the administration’s policy on drone strikes targeting Americans on U.S. soil.
On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) forced Attorney General Eric Holder to concede that it was unconstitutional for the United States government to use a drone to kill a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil if the citizen does not pose
After a long day on Capitol Hill Wednesday, starting with Sen. Ted Cruz’s questioning of Attorney General Eric Holder, and continuing through Sen. Ran Paul’s filibuster of John Brennan’s confirmation as CIA Director, both sides of the drone debate seemed
Senator Rand Paul yielded the floor to end his filibuster Thursday after 12 hours of speaking and taking questions on the floor. Paul thanked the Senate staff and fellow members for sticking through the “long day” while he brought up
In response to Rand Paul Filibuster Inspires HuffPo to Blister Obama Over Drone Policy: This morning, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was able to get Attorney General Eric Holder to admit, (after much hemming and hawing about “appropriateness”) that it was
In response to Holder: Obama Plans to Explain Drone Policy: I don’t get what Rand Paul is so worked up about. Attorney General Holder says he “doubts” we’ll have drone strikes on American soil, because it’s easier to capture terrorists
AP: Attorney General Eric Holder spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday to urge Congress to act on gun control legislation. He also said the recent budget cuts brought on by the sequester could hamper national security. (March 6)
Attorney General Eric Holder testifying before a Senate panel on Wednesday…
On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) that the White House would be within its legal authority to execute an American citizen via drone on U.S. soil if that person was determined to
Eric Holder has not announced if the Obama Justice Department will join the lawsuit filed by former Armstrong teammate Floyd Landis, but he was sent a written request to join a whistle-blower lawsuit against Lance Armstrong on the same day the cyclist
Tracy Schmaler, Attorney General Eric Holder’s top press defender, will resign her position on March 8. This reporter recently caught Schmaler colluding with far leftwing advocacy organization Media Matters for America to attack the reputations of whistleblowers, members of Congress,
Conservatives and Tea Partiers plan to reignite the flame of 2010 next Saturday at rallies in cities and towns across America. The event is titled the “Day of Resistance,” and head organizer Dustin Stockton told Breitbart News that February 23 was
I bet you voted for Obama, didn’t you? I bet when he said the Cambridge Police Department acted stupidly, you cheered. I bet when Eric Holder dropped the charges on the Black Panthers, you laughed all the way to your imaginary
US Attorney General commenting on a leaked memo in which lawyers argue that the President has broad legal powers to kill US citizens suspected of links with al-Qaeda who present an “imminent” threat to the country.
