Holder opponent ramps up critique

From NBC's Bridget Nurre Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) says that while he does not plan to campaign publicly against the appointment of Eric Holder to Attorney General, he does not suppport President-Elect Obama's decision. As  First Read noted this morning, Burton was the chief Republican critic of the Clinton administration's pardon of Marc Rich in 2001. Burton, who was the Chairman of the House Government Reform Committee when it investigated the pardon, initially said yesterday that Holder had simply been following orders by issuing his "neutral, leaning towards favorable" opinion of the Rich pardon. But after reviewing the documents from the committee's investigation overnight and this morning, Burton revisited that assessment, telling NBC News that Holder took a more active role in the pardon than he recalled from memory. ...( read more ) (link)