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Reports: Eric Holder is Stepping Down
tpnn ^ | on Feb 12, 2014 | By Greg Campbell

Posted on 02/12/2014 12:41:22 PM PST by Lazamataz

Attorney General Eric Holder, long besieged by accusations of corruption and outright felonious behavior, has stated that he may step down in 2014 as the nation’s top alleged law enforcer.

In an article with the New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin, Holder admitted that he intends to stay “well into” 2014, but in doing so, has once again fueled speculation that the Attorney General will be stepping down by year’s end. The Justice Department has worked to downplay the rumors and Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon tweeted, “Actually, most he said was he planned to stay well into ’14.”

However, it seems that whether Holder is gone tomorrow or several months later, the fact remains that it appears that the scandal-ridden Attorney General is looking for the door- news that is sure to delight conservatives and others who favor officials abiding by the law.

Holder has been held in contempt of Congress for his role in the Fast and Furious scandal which left weapons in the hands of Mexican drug cartels and one border patrol agent, Brian Terry, dead. The contempt charge stems from Holder’s unwillingness to cooperate in the investigation before being cloaked in a flimsy pretense of executive privilege.

Holder’s Justice Department has been linked to corruption from the moment Holder entered the office. One of the first acts by the new Attorney General was to drop the case of two Black Panthers who intimidated white voters outside a voting station in Philadelphia in the 2008 presidential election. Holder’s Justice Department dropped the case during the sentencing phase.

It has been a rocky ride for Holder, but an even rockier ride for Americans who, perhaps naively, looked to the Attorney General to uphold the rule of law in America.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chickenshit; ericholder; escapeindictment; hahasatire; holderresign; holderretire; indictholder
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To: Lazamataz

Must have found a good mansion in Myanmar.


101 posted on 02/12/2014 3:39:27 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Ready4Freddy
Good point. You'd think they could take an extra minute to double-check their work.
102 posted on 02/12/2014 3:40:54 PM PST by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: Lazamataz

What is the status of the executive privelge charade?


103 posted on 02/12/2014 3:46:18 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux)
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To: Lazamataz

This is one of those ‘I’ll believe it ONLY when I see it’ moments. The pathetic excuse for a man makes his living lying.


104 posted on 02/12/2014 3:47:20 PM PST by Ron H. (The GOP-e is the Tea Party's best recruiter yet. Stay at it GOP the Tea Party appreciates your help.)
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To: Old Yeller

Not too new, but I am farsighted and can see a pattern.

That a member of the Sacred Administration is willingly stepping down over all this is good.


105 posted on 02/12/2014 3:48:00 PM PST by CorporateStepsister (I am NOT going to force a man to make my dreams come true)
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To: Lazamataz

Or one of the Muzzie brotherhood’s murdering thugs.


106 posted on 02/12/2014 4:05:54 PM PST by RetiredArmy (All that call upon His name shall be saved! HE is the ONLY way to heaven. Only HIM!!)
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107 posted on 02/12/2014 4:15:46 PM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: Lazamataz

Time for another Nuremberg trial, USA style.

I vas just followink odors.

Bzzzt! Wrong!


108 posted on 02/12/2014 4:21:35 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: Lazamataz

My money is on civil rights attorney and MA Governor Deval Patrick. Patrick is from Chicago and has already indicated he is not seeking re-election in 2014.


109 posted on 02/12/2014 4:32:41 PM PST by NautiNurse (Obama sends U.S. Marines to pick up his dog & basketballs. Benghazi? Nope.)
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To: Lazamataz

IS that gonna be before he is indicted for Treason, or afterwards?


110 posted on 02/12/2014 4:33:12 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Lazamataz

They’re going to obamacare Ginsberg...


111 posted on 02/12/2014 4:37:18 PM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Lazamataz

Long walk, short pier. Of all of the people who so perfectly represent the disgusting corruption of the 0bama administration this one is at the very top. I hope he spends the rest of his life looking over his shoulder, because this one knows way, way too much.


112 posted on 02/12/2014 4:39:39 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Lazamataz

No, it’s a black lady from CA. Wish I could remember the name, sorry, but that’s who it will be.


113 posted on 02/12/2014 5:33:22 PM PST by kozanne
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To: cripplecreek

Guy named DW Ulstermann posted on his site that this was going to happen, late summer, early fall.


114 posted on 02/12/2014 5:34:06 PM PST by kozanne
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To: Lazamataz

What, they let Manson out of prison so Ohomo has someone more to his liking to take the job?


115 posted on 02/12/2014 5:35:13 PM PST by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Lazamataz

Rats jumping ship?


116 posted on 02/12/2014 6:30:09 PM PST by matt04
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To: Lazamataz
*IF* Holder steps down (AND I HIGHLY DOUBT IT) look for Obama to appoint Malik Zulu Shabazz from the New Black Panther Party.

Exactly. If Holder steps down, we can be assured there's someone even worse waiting in the wings.

117 posted on 02/12/2014 6:34:55 PM PST by lonevoice (We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality)
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To: henkster

Will no Senator put a hold on this nominee?


118 posted on 02/12/2014 6:35:52 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Lazamataz
Rush had a great dialog about *the rule of law*.....neither Hussein or Holder know *anything* about that.


119 posted on 02/12/2014 6:49:25 PM PST by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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To: Lazamataz
Holder has been held in contempt of Congress for his role in the Fast and Furious scandal which left weapons in the hands of Mexican drug cartels and one border patrol agent, Brian Terry, dead

...and Jamie Zapata ...killed by Fast and Furious guns

Jaime Jorge Zapata was an Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent who was ambushed and murdered by the Mexican criminal group Los Zetas in San Luis Potosí, Mexico

120 posted on 02/12/2014 7:40:59 PM PST by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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