Attorney General Eric Holder Says He'll Step Down This Year *UPDATE*

[Capt. Obvious]

Last edited Mon Feb 10, 2014, 03:44 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: The New Yorker

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the New Yorker that he plans to step down some time this year.

In a feature story for the magazine's Feb. 17 issue (sub. req.), Holder told Jeffrey Toobin that he will leave his post in 2014, though he also said that he planned to remain as attorney general "well into" the year.

As recently as Nov. 19, Holder, the first African-American attorney general in U.S. history, told CBS News that he didn't have "any plans" to step down.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/eric-holder-resign

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Holder has no plans to step down

Attorney General Eric Holder has no specific plans to step down by the end of 2014, Obama administration officials say, contrary to a new magazine report.

The New Yorker, in a piece about Holder's battles over voting rights, said President Obama's attorney general "will leave office sometime this year."

That is a misinterpretation of a frequent Holder comment that he plans to stay in the job until at least most of 2014, officials said.

"Actually, most he said was he planned to stay well into '14," tweeted Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/02/10/eric-holder-obama-justice-department-new-yorker/5368091/

[rurallib]

1. can't say I am sorry

geez, I'd love to see Eliot Spitzer in there.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

7. Oh, yes...

... my first thought upon reading the headline was, "now they can put in an AG that is not so beholden to the DC culture, and get the investigation and prosecutions rolling".

[Scuba]

2. Dear Eric, act now!

[Wilms]

3. Now that all the banksters are out of harm's way...

...Holder takes a much deserved break. Can't wait to see where he lands. LOL!

CHANGE my ass.

[jsr]

8. A very lucrative and sumptuous retirement awaits

[KamaAina]

9. Supposedly he'll be returning to his law firm

according to DUer Bertha Venation, who happens to work there.

[LiberalLovinLug]

25. He's done his job.

Held the forte until enough time and other scandals and stories have overshadowed the crimes of Wall Street.

[jsr]

4. After a busy tenure fighting for change.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

5. Excellent.

[IMG][/IMG]

[Laelth]

6. Now that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been gutted ...

... Attorney General Holder has little value in his current position to those of us on the left. On civil rights, he was great, as long as the law allowed it, but now? Let's say I would welcome a newcomer.

-Laelth

[Comrade Grumpy]

10. Holder deserves some credit on sentencing reform and marijuana policy.

He has been a champion of sentencing reform and has undertaken executive actions, such as telling prosecutors not to charge mandatory minimums in most drug cases and urging defense attorneys to tell drug prisoners to apply for clemency.

On marijuana, he has been less than perfect, but the Justice Department for the most part, seeing that it could not lead, got out of the way. He and Obama could have tried to strangle legalization in Colorado and Washington, but they didn't.

[BenHoffman]

11. Good.

Holder has been spineless in going after banksters and other criminals. Ha! The word "bankster" no longer gets detected as misspelled. He has been to reluctant to prosecute corporate crimes and civil rights violations.

[Dopers_Greed]

12. 4 years too late

The amount of damage he's caused to Obama's presidency is beyond repair.

[msongs]

20. he is doing what obama wants him to do. any "damage" is a direct reflection of that nt

[OffWithTheirHeads]

13. I nominate Elizebeth Warren.

[Capt. Obvious]

14. Kick for update - WH response

[Gothmog]

15. I hope that he waits until after Texas voter id trial

AG Holder has been doing a great job on this issue. The Texas voter id law goes to trial on Sept. 2, 2014. I hope that AG Holder stays for this trial

[lark]

16. Hope this is correct

We'd be better off with someone who's not so corporatist as Holder.

[DallasNE]

17. I'm Guessing Getting Gitmo Closed

Will be Holder's signature achievement and he will leave once that has concluded.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

21. How will he do that?

For the last 5 years we have been told that it's out of this administration's control.

[okaawhatever]

22. The recently signed 2014 NDAA included language that allowed for the transfer of some

prisoners, but stopped short of allowing transfer to the United States. It didn't block all funding like the bills in the past did. One of the big problems, though, is that some of their home countries won't take the prisoners back.

[ReRe]

18. Interpretation:

He's staying until just after the midterm elections.

[bemildred]

19. Probably right. nt

[Gothmog]

23. I am very glad that AG Holder is not stepping down

This is great news

[blkmusclmachine]

24. Don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

[bvar22]

26. I'm sure another Banker Friendly, Hippie Punching, ...

...dissent suppressing, Corporate Loving, Republican or near Republican can be found to replace him.
There seems to be no shortage of those circulating around the White House.