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Holder versus Fitzgerald?
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Is Rod Blagojevich breathing a little easier now? First, let's set the scenario. To recap: Eric Holder vetted the Marc Rich pardon for the Clinton White House; Scooter Libby was one of Rich's lawyers; and Patrick Fitzgerald was one of the attorneys going after Rich. With me so far? Now read this 2002 article, from the New York Times: Panel Says Top Justice Dept. Aide Held Information on Rich's Pardon By ALISON LEIGH COWAN Published: March 13, 2002 A forthcoming Congressional report on the last-minute pardons by President Bill Clinton says Deputy Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. was a ''willing participant in the plan to keep the ...

Right Gearing Up To Attack Holder On Rich Pardon
TalkLeft — Via Glenn Reynolds, the the Right's brief against Holder - it is the Marc Rich pardon. Interestingly, it does not focus on the Clintons, but on Holder himself: Holder’s role is not in dispute. Without him this travesty would likely not have occurred, as described here: Mr. Holder, the [Congressional] report says, played a major role, steering Mr. Rich’s lawyers toward Jack Quinn, a former White House counsel. Mr. Rich hired Mr. Quinn, whose Washington contacts and ability to lobby the president made the ...

McCarthy: A Rich Vein for Holder Questions
Articles on National Review Online — W hen Republicans controlled the White House, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee borked Bob Bork, rhetorically lynched Clarence Thomas, shelved Miguel Estrada, disappeared Jim Haynes, and tried to waterboard Michael Mukasey. The Committee s hearing room remains the place where GOP nominations go to die. But with a Democrat about to move into the Oval Office, it s apparently time for Change. That should work quite nicely for Eric Holder, President-elect Obama s nominee for attorney general. It s a Change in the committee s basic approach: from trumping up charges to sink impeccably qualified nominees to whitewashing history so a checkered nominee can sail through. [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] Of ...