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thehill.com - 12/16/2008

GOP probes Holder’s role in Elian Gonzales case

— thehill.com — Senate Republicans have requested information about Attorney General nominee Eric Holder’s role in the Elian Gonzales controversy as part of a broad probe into his tenure with the Clinton administration and potential ties to presidential scandals ... (more) GOP probes Holder’s role in Elian Gonzales case

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suntimes.com - 12/17/2008

Holder omitted Blagojevich link from questionnaire

— suntimes.com — Before Eric Holder was President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be attorney general, he was Gov. Blagojevich's pick to sort out a mess involving Illinois' long-dormant casino license. (more) Holder omitted Blagojevich link from questionnaire

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thehill.com - 12/17/2008

GOP probes Holder role in Elian saga

— thehill.com — Senate Republicans have requested information about Attorney General nominee Eric Holder’s role in the Elian Gonzalez controversy as part of a broad probe into his tenure with the Clinton administration and potential ties to presidential scandals ... (more) GOP probes Holder role in Elian saga

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Bush’s former deputy attorney general: ‘Eric Holder should be confirmed.’
Think Progress — Recently, conservatives have been rallying behind Karl Rove’s call to obstruct Attorney General nominee Eric Holder’s confirmation hearings, citing the 2001 pardon of Marc Rich. Today, former deputy attorney general Jim Comey, who famously clashed with the Bush administration on illegal wiretapping, endorsed Holder, saying he will ensure that the DOJ is free from political influence: I know a lot of good people who have made significant mistakes. I think Mr. Holder’s may actually make him a better steward of the Department of ...

Political quick hits: Who's out of the new administration, who's in, and who's in between?
DownWithTyranny! — ... As Nevada Sen. John Ensign famously put it, "It would make Republicans the minority party for the next 40 to 50 years." A more general theory I'm hearing is that the targeting of Solis is simply another stage in the Right's all-out war on labor unions. 4. And speaking of Eric Holder -- The wingnuts will have to work just a bit harder to obstruct his nomination. David Ingram reports on BLT (The Blog of LegalTimes): Prosecutor in Marc Rich Case Endorses Holder One of the prosecutors in the criminal ...

Comey Endorses Holder
Matthew Yglesias — ... The right-wing has decided that they want to make Eric Holder the Obama nominee that they give a hard time to since, apparently, they think that talking about Marc Rich will do something other than make people nostalgic for an earlier, more innocent era in the politicization of justice. Meanwhile, James Comey, who was Bush’s Deputy Attorney General for a while and who tried to prevent his colleagues in the administration from entirely shredding the constitution is endorsing Holder’s confirmation. But of course Comey and his radical rule of law views will swiftly lead ...

Comes endorses Holder for AG
Political Animal — ... Judiciary Committee, which will convene Holder's confirmation hearings next month. Comey's letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee notes that he hopes "very much" that Holder is confirmed. "I'm not suggesting errors of judgment are qualification for high office, but in this case, where the nominee is a smart, decent, humble man, who knows and loves the Department and has demonstrated his commitment to the rule of law across an entire career, the error should not disqualify him," Comey wrote . "Eric Holder should be confirmed as Attorney General." Republicans decided recently ...