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Eric Holder Cancels OKC Speech After Protests Demanding His Impeachment
By Top Right News on April 24, 2014

Attorney General Eric Holder cancelled his appearance before the Oklahoma City Police Department’s graduating cadet class Thursday amid angry protests over his scheduled visit — including by one state rep calling for his impeachment by Congress.

Mr. Holder was scheduled to deliver remarks at the graduation ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time, according to his official itinerary sent out by the Justice Department Thursday morning.
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“It is true that Mr. Holder will not be in attendance,” said Capt. D. Nelson, the chief spokesman at the Oklahoma City Police Department. “No reason was stated.”

Mr. Holder’s scheduled visit to Oklahoma City drew the criticism of several conservative lawmakers who planned the protest anticipating his arrival, including state Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, Moore Republican, who has stated he believes that Mr. Holder should be impeached.

Mr. Holder’s tenure as attorney general has been highly politicized. In 2012 he was held in contempt of Congress — the first time ever for a sitting Cabinet member — for failing to provide key information about the Operation Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal.

Earlier this month, Texas lawmakers railed against the attorney general in a House of Representatives oversight hearing, telling him in front of a Capitol Hill crowd that not only should he be held in contempt, but that he should be sitting in a jail cell.

Republicans say Mr. Holder has refused to comply with several subpoenas issued from Congress for documents related to the operation and outright ignored a criminal contempt citation that members of the House issued against him months ago.

Mr. Holder’s view is that he has released all the pertinent documents, as requested, and complied with congressional investigators.

In the hearing, Rep. Blake Farenthold said: “I’m committed to maintaining the constitutional balance of power and the authority that this legislative branch has, and I just don’t think it’s appropriate that Mr. Holder be here. If an American citizen had not complied with one of the Justice Department’s subpoenas, they would be in jail and not sitting here in front of me testifying.”

In another nasty hearing an angry Holder shouted “You don’t want to go there, Buddy” at GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX). The appearance made it clear that the pressure was starting to affect Holder’s composure, as a U.S. Federal Court in D.C. recently ruled he would likely be forced to turn over the Fast and Furious documents in the near future, which may well be incriminating.

A DOJ source told the Daily Mail:

‘Look, the attorney general isn’t afraid of a few protesters,’ the DOJ source said. ‘But you have to understand that it’s legacy building time around here, and no one wants him to get a reputation as the guy who brought chaos to a police ceremony.’

‘He’s the nation’s top law enforcement officer. What kind of message would that send? And it could have been a PR disaster for the president.’

http://toprightnews.com/?p=2671

The US is listed so I would think they would be. You would have to go and search for who ever you are looking for.

Eric Holder Now Funding Attorneys to Help Illegal Aliens Avoid Deportation

By Brian Hayes on June 6, 2014

Yes, that headline is real. You have not gone insane, although we wouldn’t be surprised if you did, given the utter lawlessness of this administration.

Texas is being overrun by illegal aliens at the highest rates in U.S. history. More than 47,000 unaccompanied minors have been caught in the first five months of this year, a 92% increase over the same time period in 2013 . Obama is also dumping thousands of those illegals into Arizona, as payback for the crackdown on illegals by Gov. Jan Brewer and Sheriff Joe Arpaio. http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepa...risis-n1847660

The Obama Administration is working hand-in-hand with Central American governments to engineer this deliberate, unprecedented invasion of illegal aliens. La Raza groups are spreading the word that Obama will sign administrative amnesty. http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/02/ob...-kids-by-2016/ And nations like El Salvador and Honduras are urging women and children to make the grueling trek to cross the U.S. border, http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-T...et-Turned-Away because Obama will never deport them, and they can receive jobs and taxpayer-funded welfare for life.

Obama has requested $2 billion — not to deport the illegals from this unprecedented invasion — but to house, clothe and feed them, and even deliver them to relatives already here illegally, so they can stay here indefinitely. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014...sing-southern/

And now Eric Holder, who is supposed to be the highest law enforcement official in America, is unleashing a new lawless program to actually provide taxpayer-funded lawyers to these invading illegals — to make sure they will never be deported by an immigration judge. And Holder is grabbing $2 million of a $315 million fund that is supposed to help secure the border, not make a mockery of border security.

From USAToday: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...rder/10060725/

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Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday announced a new program aimed at ensuring that illegal immigrant children who cross into the U.S. without a parent or guardian have legal representation in the United States.

Holder announced an initiative called “Justice AmeriCorps,” a grant program to fund lawyers and paralegals and provide legal services to these children. Holder said it’s a response to Congress’ request that the Justice Department “better serve vulnerable populations such as children and improve court efficiency through pilot efforts aimed at improving legal representation.”

Holder’s move was likely to be seen by Republicans as another possible incentive for more illegal children to try entering the country. One Republican aide reiterated past GOP complaints that the Obama administration often appears willing to help non-U.S. citizens more than it wants to help citizens.

“Why doesn’t the Obama administration hire lawyers for the American citizens who are losing their jobs?” he said.

But the Administration says they need to defend a “vulnerable” population from “discrimination” based on their immigration status.

This is treason, plain and simple.

In a sane nation, Obama and Holder would be doing a perp walk right now on their way into a Federal courthouse. But as radio legend Mark Levin has described it, we are now living in a “post-Constitutional America“, and no one will dare stand up to this lawless president no matter what he does. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/excl...tional-country

And time is running out. What Obama and Holder are doing will change the fabric of this nation, forever.

http://toprightnews.com/?p=3582

No, Mr. Holder, This Has Nothing to Do With Race
By David Limbaugh July 15, 2014

Attorney General Eric Holder once again played the race card -- this time on national television, in an interview on ABC's "This Week," claiming that he and President Obama have been targets of "a racial animus" by some of the administration's political opponents.

"There's a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that's directed at me (and) directed at the president," said Holder. "You know, people talk about taking their country back. ... There's a certain racial component to this for some people. I don't think this is the thing that is a main driver, but for some, there's a racial animus." Reminded of his comments during Obama's first year as president that the U.S. is a "nation of cowards" on race, he refused to back down.

At this point, I don't know whether we're seeing the outworking of the gigantic racial chips on Holder's and Obama's shoulders or we're seeing just another despicable example of the two engaging in community organizing by branding their political opponents as racists.

These two have continually engaged in the politics of division, alienating Americans against one another on the basis of race, gender, age, religion, geography, income and every other conceivably exploitable category. By portraying themselves as victims and conservatives as bigots, they seek to intimidate conservatives from pursuing their agenda, divert attention from their own policy failures and keep the pot stirred on imaginary problems as cover to advance the remainder of their unpopular statist agenda.

Sorry, Mr. Holder, but it seems that we talk about race all the time and that you and President Obama just won't let it go. If there is cowardice on this issue, it's from those who refuse to let their actions speak for themselves and insist on injecting false allegations of racism into the mix to vilify opponents and avoid a discussion on serious issues.

These accusations are irresponsible and destructive to the national fabric. It is a great disservice to minorities, non-minorities and the national interest if we can't discuss the damaging effects of President Obama's policy agenda without fear of being accused of one of the most reputation-shattering offenses that exist.

When we talk about taking America back, we mean that quite literally. Though I can't formally speak for others, I can tell you that millions of people correctly believe (based on Obama's promises to fundamentally transform America, his partial fulfillment of that promise and his obsession with completing its fulfillment) that America is in a rapid, dangerous decline -- a decline that must be reversed, lest America be forever changed into something the Founding Fathers never envisioned.

President Obama openly derides the notion of American exceptionalism. He has constantly apologized for America's alleged transgressions. He "writes us up" before the United Nations, complaining to Third World anti-American, civil-rights-abusing nations that we are the ones who have an egregious record on civil rights.

Under his administration, we are witnessing the deliberate decline of our military and defense capabilities at the precise time that his policies are empowering global terrorism and Middle Eastern unrest and making a stronger, not weaker, military more imperative.

He is undermining Israel, our main ally in the region, impairing Israel's essential effort to rally international support for its right to defend itself against unprovoked Islamic violence and aggression.

He is orchestrating the false narrative of a Republican war on women, which is based on a series of lies and distortions so preposterous that it would be dismissed outright if someone in his position were not fueling it. The only war being waged on this issue is by his administration, and it's a war against the religious freedom and conscience of Christians.

He is also waging war against the American dream, discouraging self-reliance and promoting government dependency and the metastatic expansion of the welfare state, which is deeply harming the people it purports to assist. No nation, even America, can remain great if people are encouraged to see themselves as victims, to shun industriousness and to blame others for their plight.

Under his rule, more people are out of work than ever before in our history, and his economic policies -- because they are anti-business, anti-capitalism and punitive of success -- are making matters worse.

His administration has unleashed administrative agencies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency, to further harass and harm businesses in the name of environmentalism, and he is destroying the greatest health care system in history.

The president lies to our faces with liberal media protection and impunity, on vitally important issues such as Obamacare, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, immigration, voter identification, Iraq, the Department of Veterans Affairs, guns, life, "contraception," the economy, the border invasion, the Internal Revenue Service scandal, and -- yes -- race.

Obama is presiding over the least transparent administration ever, grossly usurping legislative authority and driving this nation into guaranteed bankruptcy; it's only a matter of time.

Yes, we must take the country back before it's irretrievably lost. But what worries me more than Obama, Holder and the rest of this administration is that Americans re-elected him and far too few fully realize the danger his policies pose to our prosperity and our liberty.

No, Mr. Holder, we conservatives do not talk in code. This isn't about race; it's about restoring the American dream. We genuinely pray that we can take our country back and begin the long road to healing and reigniting America's most exceptional greatness.

http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/201...-do-with-race/

Eric Holder Makes a Startling Admission That Will Surprise No One
August 4, 2014 By Jennifer Burke

The Left typically feigns outrage when progressive judges are accused of using their bench and wielding their power for activism. But, when you have progressive Supreme Court justices come out as anti-Second Amendment, then the labeling of activism seems quite fitting, if not lighter in tone than required. But, Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder, the first sitting Attorney General in history to be held in contempt of Congress, said that he proudly uses his possession of power for activism.

During an interview in The Hill with Juan Williams, who recently and erroneously attacked the entire Tea Party movement as all white, old, racists, Holder not only said that he proudly wears the label of activist, but also had some interesting words regarding his role as Attorney General. http://thehill.com/opinion/juan-will...be-an-activist

“If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label,” he said. “Any attorney general who is not an activist is not doing his or her job. The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things [and] bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents.”

Later, he defiantly added that critics who say his department includes an “activist civil rights division and this is an activist attorney general — I’d say I agree with you 1000 percent and [I am] proud of it.”

Below is the description of the creation of the Office of the Attorney General as well as the role the Attorney General plays in government taken directly from the Justice Department’s website. http://www.justice.gov/ag/about-oag.html

The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the Office of the Attorney General which evolved over the years into the head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government. The Attorney General represents the United States in legal matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. In matters of exceptional gravity or importance the Attorney General appears in person before the Supreme Court. Since the 1870 Act that established the Department of Justice as an executive department of the government of the United States, the Attorney General has guided the world’s largest law office and the central agency for enforcement of federal laws.

In other words, the role of the Attorney General is to uphold the law, not to pick and choose which laws they will defend and follow with a litmus test being whether it falls in line with progressive ideology as Eric Holder’s office has done.

It is also striking that Holder would state that his role is to bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents which Barack Obama has played the role of activist as well in ignoring those founding documents in his fundamental transformation of America. If Holder were truly concerned the system of government as set forth by our Founders, would he not pursue impeachment proceedings against the president or investigate the numerous instances of abuse of power or corruption within the Obama regime?

But, at least Holder is admitting what many have stated all along. Rather than act as he should as the lead attorney for America, he has worked as an activist and as Barack Obama’s personal attorney, doing his bidding and abusing his power to push the progressive agenda.
Perhaps we should not be surprised at Holder proudly wearing the label of activist 1000% and distorting his role of Attorney General in the process. After all, he did participate in an armed takeover of the ROTC office at Columbia University and his law firm defended terrorists who attacked and killed American citizens. When you look at his history, some may think the word activist is not a strong enough word to describe his actions and agenda.

http://www.tpnn.com/2014/08/04/eric-...rprise-no-one/

Eric Holder Makes a Startling Admission That Will Surprise No One
August 4, 2014 By Jennifer Burke

The Left typically feigns outrage when progressive judges are accused of using their bench and wielding their power for activism. But, when you have progressive Supreme Court justices come out as anti-Second Amendment, then the labeling of activism seems quite fitting, if not lighter in tone than required. But, Obama’s Attorney General Eric Holder, the first sitting Attorney General in history to be held in contempt of Congress, said that he proudly uses his possession of power for activism. http://www.tpnn.com/2014/04/21/forme...arm-ownership/

During an interview in The Hill with Juan Williams, who recently and erroneously attacked the entire Tea Party movement as all white, old, racists, Holder not only said that he proudly wears the label of activist, but also had some interesting words regarding his role as Attorney General. During an interview in The Hill with Juan Williams, who recently and erroneously attacked the entire Tea Party movement as all white, old, racists, Holder not only said that he proudly wears the label of activist, but also had some interesting words regarding his role as Attorney General. http://thehill.com/opinion/juan-will...be-an-activist

“If you want to call me an activist attorney general, I will proudly accept that label,” he said. “Any attorney general who is not an activist is not doing his or her job. The responsibility of the attorney general is to change things [and] bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents.”

Later, he defiantly added that critics who say his department includes an “activist civil rights division and this is an activist attorney general — I’d say I agree with you 1000 percent and [I am] proud of it.”

Below is the description of the creation of the Office of the Attorney General as well as the role the Attorney General plays in government taken directly from the Justice Department’s website.

The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the Office of the Attorney General which evolved over the years into the head of the Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the Federal Government. The Attorney General represents the United States in legal matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. In matters of exceptional gravity or importance the Attorney General appears in person before the Supreme Court. Since the 1870 Act that established the Department of Justice as an executive department of the government of the United States, the Attorney General has guided the world’s largest law office and the central agency for enforcement of federal laws.

In other words, the role of the Attorney General is to uphold the law, not to pick and choose which laws they will defend and follow with a litmus test being whether it falls in line with progressive ideology as Eric Holder’s office has done.

It is also striking that Holder would state that his role is to bring us closer to the ideals expressed in our founding documents which Barack Obama has played the role of activist as well in ignoring those founding documents in his fundamental transformation of America. If Holder were truly concerned the system of government as set forth by our Founders, would he not pursue impeachment proceedings against the president or investigate the numerous instances of abuse of power or corruption within the Obama regime?

But, at least Holder is admitting what many have stated all along. Rather than act as he should as the lead attorney for America, he has worked as an activist and as Barack Obama’s personal attorney, doing his bidding and abusing his power to push the progressive agenda.
Perhaps we should not be surprised at Holder proudly wearing the label of activist 1000% and distorting his role of Attorney General in the process. After all, he did participate in an armed takeover of the ROTC office at Columbia University and his law firm defended terrorists who attacked and killed American citizens. When you look at his history, some may think the word activist is not a strong enough word to describe his actions and agenda.

http://www.tpnn.com/2014/08/04/eric-...rprise-no-one/

Accidental Phone Call Made by Holder Aide Proves Collusion Between DOJ and Dems in IRS Scandal
September 9, 2014 By Jennifer Burke

There has been documented evidence of Democrat collusion with the IRS to hamper the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the targeting, harassment, and intimidation of the pro-freedom, pro-Constitution Tea Party movement. TPNN reported on emails that revealed such illegal antics in both April and May of this year. Now, thanks to an misdeal by a senior communications aide to activist Attorney General Eric Holder, collusion between the Justice Department and Democrats has been uncovered.





House Oversight Committee Chair Darrell Issa sent a letter to Holder on September 8 detailing the phone call his office received from Brian Fallon, who is also a former senior aide to Democrat Chuck Schumer. While the letter did not identify Fallon, he did admit that he made the call.

Breitbart reports that Issa believes the call was erroneously made to his office, and Fallon was actually attempting to contact the office of the Democratic ranking member of the committee, Elijah Cummings. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...ng-IRS-Scandal

Cummings has been accused in the past of using his position to obfuscate the investigation into the IRS in order to hinder the investigation. http://www.tpnn.com/2014/03/15/issa-...ama-irs-probe/

While Cummings has denied playing such a role, documented evidence was found that proves that he was working in collusion with the IRS to target certain Tea Party and conservative groups. http://www.tpnn.com/2014/04/10/true-...ica-the-truth/

According to the letter, Fallon – who is not named in the letter but confirmed he made the call – asked if the aides could release the IRS scandal documents to “selected reporters” to give Fallon an “opportunity to comment publicly on it.”

Fallon explained to Issa aides that the Justice Department’s Office of Legislative Affairs had not permitted him to release the documents to the public and he wanted to get ahead of the story “before the Majority” – meaning Issa – could share it, according to the letter.

Issa aides – who had placed the call on speakerphone – were “caught off guard by the unusual nature of the call and the odd request” and asked Fallon to “e-mail the material for evaluation.”

“At this point,” Fallon “abruptly placed the call on hold for approximately three minutes.” When Fallon returned to the call, “he was audibly shaken. He immediately stated that there was a ‘change in plans’ and that there would be no effort” by DOJ to release the material early.

This practice is known as ‘document dumping’ and happens often on a Friday evening. It is an attempt to get information leaked to the media before it is addressed or presented in a committee hearing so that the party in question can, “get ahead of it” and lessen any potential political damage.

Though admitting he made the call, Fallon denies any nefarious intentions claiming in a written statement that “There is nothing inappropriate about department staff having conversations with both the majority and minority staff as they prepare responses to formal inquiries. That includes conversations between the spokespeople for the Department and the committee.”

Issa vehemently denies such a purpose to the call.

The letter referred to a “subsequent explanation” from Fallon that “he simply called to improve the Office of Public Affairs’ working relationship with the Committee” but said the explanation “is inconsistent with statements and requests he made before he placed the call on hold.”

“It stains credulity to believe that the Department would seek to begin to improve relations via a telephone call between two individuals who had never spoken to each other before at 5:01pm on a Friday afternoon at the end of a District Work Period in the waning days of the 113th Congress,” Issa wrote.

Issa said he is “disturbed” by the “apparently longstanding collaboration between the Obama administration and Ranking Member Cummings’ staff to obfuscate and prejudice the Committee’s work through under the table coordination.”

The full text of Rep. Issa’s letter can be viewed below. https://html2-f.scribdassets.com/64d...6467a01548.jpg

Issa Letter to Eric Holder About Brian Fallon by Jonathan Strong



http://www.tpnn.com/2014/09/09/bombs...n-irs-scandal/

Report: Attorney General Eric Holder to Announce His Resignation
Sep. 25, 2014 10:49am Jason Howerton

S. Attorney General Eric Holder will reportedly announce his resignation on Thursday after heading the Justice Department for six years.

Citing two sources “familiar with the situation,” NPR reports that Holder will exit the U.S. Department of Justice as soon as his replacement is confirmed, though the process could potentially drag out into 2015. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...torney-general

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will reportedly announce his resignation on Thursday after heading the Justice Department for six years.

Citing two sources “familiar with the situation,” NPR reports that Holder will exit the U.S. Department of Justice as soon as his replacement is confirmed, though the process could potentially drag out into 2015.

A White House official says President Barack Obama will announce Holder’s departure later Thursday. Holder is the first black attorney general, and his tenure is the fourth longest on the job.

But Holder’s tenure as the nation’s top law enforcement officer is filled with controversy. Holder, 63, faced harsh criticism for his involvement in the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal, an operation that allowed thousands of guns to cross into Mexico only to be lost and end up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels.

Congress later voted to hold Holder in contempt over his withholding of Fast and Furious documents.

The DOJ also came under fire over its probe of classified leaks. The department investigated Fox News reporter James Rosen, naming him a “co-conspirator” for reporting based on the account of a government source.

Holder, one of the longest serving members of the Obama administration, has reportedly been “adamant” about leaving the Justice Department before the end of President Barack Obama’s second term.

More from the NPR report:

Holder most wants to be remembered for his record on civil rights: refusing to defend a law that defined marriage as between one man and one woman; suing North Carolina and Texas over voting restrictions that disproportionately affect minorities and the elderly; launching 20 investigations of abuses by local police departments; and using his bully pulpit to lobby Congress to reduce prison sentences for non-violent drug crimes. Many of those sentences disproportionately hurt minority communities.

And then, there’s his relationship with Congress. From the day Holder’s nomination was announced, Republicans led by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., signaled he would be a political lightning rod.

The attorney general’s portfolio, which spans sensitive law enforcement cases and hot button social issues including marijuana and gay marriage, didn’t help. But even longtime aides say Holder didn’t do enough to help himself by shrugging off preparations and moot sessions before congressional appearances and speaking off the cuff — and obliquely.

Holder reportedly informed his DOJ staff at some members of Congress on Thursday morning about his decision to resign. He has not revealed what his future plans hold.

Solicitor General Don Verrilli is believed to be a leading candidate to succeed Holder as attorney general.