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Geithner, Holder
The Corner on National Review Online — ... and Andy on these nominees, respectively, it's hard not to get the impression that this administration is going to get a lot of leeway, from both sides of the aisle. ...

Holder's disgrace, part 2
Power Line — ... The role played by Eric Holder in Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich shows him to be a man of weak character. In "Unpardonable: Holder's Marc Rich shuffle," Andrew McCarthy makes a strong case that Holder's testimony on the subject is also deficient in veracity. Tim Sumner posts exhibits supporting McCarthy's column ...

Holder Continues to Claim that He Knew Nothing About Rich
The Corner on National Review Online — ... (question 1b, specifically) Sen. Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican, probed Holder's claim of ignorance: Specter: Did you receive information about the facts of the Rich case from anyone other than Mr. Rich s attorney, Jack Quinn? Holder: No. Oops. Evidently, that time in 1995 when Holder (then U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia) had his office sue one of Rich's companies for concealing its relationship to Rich in order to obtain $45 million in government contracts must have slipped his mind. I've asked the obvious, almost rhetorical question whether any ...

The Remarkable Incuriosity of Bill Ayers [Dan Collins]
protein wisdom — ... (question 1b, specifically) Sen. Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican, probed Holder’s claim of ignorance: Specter:  Did you receive information about the facts of the Rich case from anyone other than Mr. Rich’s attorney, Jack Quinn? Holder:  No. Oops.  Evidently, that time in 1995 when Holder (then U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia) had his office sue one of Rich’s companies for concealing its relationship to Rich in order to obtain $45 million in government contracts must have slipped his mind.

Eric Holder vs. "A Nation of Cowards"
Gates of Vienna — ... It was Holder who negotiated the partisan deal worked out for Marc Rich’s pardon on the eve of Clinton’s departure. It was also Holder who shot down the recommendations of the career attorneys in the department not to release the sixteen Puerto Ricans terrorists. ...

Eric Holder to the Rescue
Moonbattery — Not to worry, Hassan Nemazee — Eric Holder will set you free: Compliments of Morris.

The backlash begins: French government easing off defense of Polanski
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... , do they? The nerve of them. If they want our Attorney General to roll over for a convicted fugitive, they can go ahead and make a donation to the DNC just like everyone else. Update: ...