salon.com - 12/11/2008
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(updated below - Update II) Two weeks ago, in a largely positive assessment about Obama's likely Attorney General nominee -- entitled "Preliminary facts and thoughts about Eric Holder" -- I wrote : Holder's involvement in the sleazy Marc Rich pardon is definitely a blemish, though, given his ...
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 12/10/2008
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In his first post-election newspaper interview President-elect Barack
Obama doesn't spill all the beans about his intentions
upon taking office on Jan. 20. But he does reveal some interesting details. He said he's never talked to ...
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Text of Obama's first newspaper interview as president-elect
thinkprogress.org - 12/14/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Senate Republicans, including Sens. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Chuck
Grassley (R-IA), and Jon Kyl (R-AZ), are trying delay
confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee Eric Holder, raising questions about Holder’s role in the 2001 pardon of ...
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Rove Reportedly Will ‘Help Lead’ GOP’s Fight Against ...
politico.com - 12/10/2008
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politico.com —
Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the
Judiciary Committee, has just thrown a wrench into the Eric
Holder hearings planned for early January, saying Holder's involvement in the Marc Rich pardon is a "red flag" and a "very ...
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Specter calls for delay in Holder hearings
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GOP Forming United Opposition To Holder Nomination
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... be the Attorney General. I don't know whether he's right or not, but the questions that he raises need to be examined. Glenn Greenwald wrote in the 'Salon' Magazine that his involvement with Rich pardon was substantial, continuous and concerted, much, much more than peripheral -- end of quote." ...
GOP Signals Heated Confirmation Battle Over Holder
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... be the Attorney General. I don't know whether he's right or not, but the questions that he raises need to be examined. Glenn Greenwald wrote in the 'Salon' Magazine that his involvement with Rich pardon was substantial, continuous and concerted, much, much more than peripheral -- end of quote." ...
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volokh.com 11/24/2008 — I have been unsure whether Eric Holder's role in the controversial pardon of billionaire fugitive Marc Rich should raise concerns about his nomination to be Attorney General. George Lardner, who covered...
While We're on the Subject of Holder
corner.nationalreview.com 11/26/2008 — ... I think occasional excerpts from the House Committee on Government Reform's lengthy and enlightening report on the Clinton pardons should be required reading -- given not only President-elect Obama's decision to nominate Holder for AG but the ...
Can Eric Holder's role in the Rich pardon be defended?
powerlineblog.com 12/8/2008 — Can Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich be defended on the merits? Seth Lipsky is a journalist whom I greatly respect, and he thinks that it can. In today's New York Times Seth makes the case for the pardon. Seth also thinks that the pardon should be ...
Prosecutor in Marc Rich Case Endorses Holder
legaltimes.typepad.com 12/23/2008 — One of the prosecutors in the criminal case against commodities trader Marc Rich says that Eric Holder Jr. shouldn’t be disqualified from the job of attorney general because of his involvement in Rich’s pardon. In a letter released today by...
GOP Forming United Opposition To Holder Nomination
huffingtonpost.com 12/12/2008 — More signs have emerged that Eric Holder's nomination for Attorney General will face a bitter committee fight as Republican Senators on Thursday criticized Holder's work in the Clinton White House and even attempted to tie him to disgraced Illinois ...
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corner.nationalreview.com 1/28/2009 — To recap:
ITEM: When Eric Holder was the number 2 official in the Clinton Justice Department, he engineered the pardons of FALN terrorists, a precedent that laid the ground work the next year for President Clinton's pardons of two Weather ...
Holder: I 'made mistakes' in Marc Rich pardon incident
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com 1/15/2009 — Holder is testifying on Capitol Hill.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – During his confirmation hearing Thursday, Attorney General designate Eric Holder conceded that he "made mistakes" during the Marc Rich pardon incident that were "not typical" of his ...
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