[jriemer]

OK,

The change in the corporation rule happened in 1999 and according to Alamo-Girl, Holder's actions made Reno look like a choirmemember at the DOJ. Hard to even for me to believe.

The Asst. Atty. Gen. position requires Senate confirmation and I don't know if Holder was fired immediately after Bush was elected. If not, Holder was left in place to fester and contaminate the new Bush Justice Department. Based on the trouble that a Republican-dominated house had confirming Ashcroft, there might have been a concerted effort by the Democrats to let him corrode the Federal Justice system as long as legally possible. After Ashcroft was nominated, the Senate started to process the lower-rung nominees in the DOJ but Jumpin' Jeffords messed up the Senate and delayed Senate confirmations even more. I checked to see if Holder is still on staff but thankfully, he is no longer on the Federal payroll.

jriemer

[mwl1]

Holder is long gone... off the federal payroll. Bush only kept him on board for appearances sake at the start of the Administration until the successor was confirmed... also, Holder is a darling of the DC elite media, so there was obvious benefit for Bush in that regard as well. Nevertheless, from my perspective keeping him on board for even an hour past noon on January 20, 2001 was too long for my taste, and the drive - bordering on hysteria - among freepers and conservatives to get him out was highly justifiable.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the heads up! My understanding is that all political appointees have to step down with an incoming administration. But I don't know about transitions, and this would have been a shortened transition due to Gore's challenging the election.

[palo verde]

hi jriemer
your post #21 is genius (I think)
no one pushed harder than mw to get Holder out after Bush took Office
(I think Holder stayed in till Ashcroft was confirmed)
it sent the wrong message to keep a corrupt cop at head of new justice department
Janet Reno was always a figurehead, Eric Holder was slick willy's man at the DOJ
you're correct when you describe the consequences of keeping eric holder on as long as he (Bush) did
additionally, I was on Lucianne's forum at the time, and there was honest member of the Justice Dept there, who said ''he has to get Eric Holder out of there, it is killing us''
it was demoralizing to those who love justice
Love, Palo