On Wednesday, America’s biggest bank by assets, J.P. Morgan, revealed that it is under federal criminal and civil investigation for actions involving mortgage-backed securities. In May, the Department of Justice (DOJ) informed J.P. Morgan that its civil division had preliminarily
James Risen of The New York Times insists that he shouldn’t have to testify in the upcoming CIA leak trial, not just because as a reporter he shouldn’t have to reveal his sources, but also because of the Attorney General’s
According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch through the Freedom Of Information Act , the travel expenses of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder have exceeded $4 million for 213 separate trips he took between March 27, 2009, and August 24, 2012.
Attorney General Eric Holder has been caught spending more than $4 million of taxpayer cash on extravagant travel over the past four years, according to documents uncovered by watchdog group Judicial Watch. In total, Holder accrued $4,263,704.01 in travel expenses between
A House Republican committee report released Wednesday found that Attorney General Eric Holder misled Congress in May after he said that he had not been involved in any potential prosecution of media members. Holder made those comments after directly signing
Al Sharpton claims he has briefed Barack Obama, Eric Holder, and Hillary Clinton on the Supreme Court’s recent Voting Rights Act decision. The MSNBC host took to the Huffington Post to criticize Bill O’Reilly for speaking out against black on
Civil rights activists meeting with Barack Obama and Eric Holder at the White House on Monday emerged delighted with promises made to them to counter the action of the Supreme Court in June striking down the coverage formula in Section
The Obama administration has put pressure on a southern California school district to settle a federal civil rights complaint brought by the parents of an incoming high school freshman who is anatomically female, but claims her identity is male. Her
By PAUL J. WEBER and MICHAEL BIESECKERAssociated PressAUSTIN, TexasNew efforts by the Obama administration to put Texas back under voting rights laws knocked down by the Supreme Court has other states waiting to see if they’re next. The Justice Department
(AP) US says it won’t seek death penalty for SnowdenWASHINGTONAttorney General Eric Holder has told the Russian government that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty for former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden. In a letter dated
Attorney General Eric Holder has launched a war against Texas, and in doing so is defying the Supreme Court of the United States. The imminent judicial beat-down of Holder highlights that this case is not about the rule of law
On the heels of news that Attorney General Eric Holder and the DOJ will not give George Zimmerman his gun back anytime soon, the Buckeye Firearms Foundation is raising funds to buy Zimmerman a new one. The Foundation posted the following
In response to It’s Deja Vu All Over Again With Obama’s Trayvon Speech: In all fairness, the President did make a few oblique references to crime problems in the black community, although it was very understated compared to his race-baiting
In a letter from the ACLU to Attorney General Eric Holder: We are writing to clearly state the ACLU’s position on whether or not the Department of Justice (DOJ) should consider bringing federal civil rights or hate crimes charges as
Obama’s recent comments on the George Zimmerman verdict expose once and for all the radical worldview that lies beneath the Obama agenda. In speculating that the Zimmerman verdict might have been different if Trayvon Martin had been white, Obama revealed
Not every liberal journalist was brought to tears over the President’s belated statement on the George Zimmerman verdict. Columnist Rich Benjamin at Salon.com called the effort “safe, over-rated and airy” and compared it unfavorably to Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent
On Thursday July 17, NRA Executive Director Chris Cox accused Attorney General Eric Holder of using Trayvon Martin’s death for the purposes of pushing more gun control, The Hill reports. Cox said Holder treats self-defense as a “concept” that can be
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLONAssociated PressLOS ANGELESAt least one person was injured and police made nine arrests when a protest over George Zimmerman’s Florida acquittal turned violent in Oakland. Newspapers report that a waiter guarding windows at a restaurant was hit
(AP) REDMOND, Wash.Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calling on him to personally review a gag order that prevents the company and others from further discussing secret national security requests for customer emails, Skype
On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder was scheduled to speak to the NAACP convention in Orlando. There, his prepared remarks will call for an end to state “stand your ground” laws – laws that provide citizens with the ability to
Michael Eric Dyson: “So now we get more approximate to the truth of what race is in this country. As for Eric Holder, look: the reality is you gotta act now. The president, you won the second term. You’re in
The Department of Justice faces a very high hurdle if it gives into demands that George Zimmerman face federal criminal charges for violating Trayvon Martin’s civil rights. There are only two statutes which would apply in any federal criminal case,
(AP) AG calls Martin killing an ‘unnecessary shooting’By PETE YOSTAssociated PressWASHINGTONAttorney General Eric Holder on Monday called the killing of Trayvon Martin a “tragic, unnecessary shooting,” and said the Justice Department will follow “the facts and the law” as it
Yesterday, the Obama Department of Justice announced that it would pursue an investigation into George Zimmerman for federal civil rights offenses even though the FBI has already examined the case, and found that Zimmerman had “a little hero complex, but not
Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder appeared at the Washington Convention Center for a luncheon hosted by an African-American sorority. Holder told the crowd “I share your concern” with regard to the “unnecessary shooting death” of Trayvon Martin. Holder also reminded
Attorney General Eric Holder comments on the Trayvon Martin case
Like the racially-charged sham prosecution of the Duke lacrosse team, the racially charged prosecution of George Zimmerman was partly triggered by the threats of Malik Zulu Shabazz, the head of the racist and anti-Semitic New Black Panther Party. The New
(CNN) – Leaders at the nation’s oldest civil rights organization have spoken with senior members of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s team at the Justice Department about pursuing federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, NAACP president Ben Jealous said
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) said Friday that the resignation of President Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is not enough. He said Attorney General Eric Holder should step down too. “One down and one to go,” Gosar
Army Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, who was shot 7 times during the 2009 Ft. Hood shooting, appeared on the Fox News network to talk about the murder trial of Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused killer of 13 U.S. military
Much of the D.C. brain trust has concluded that the IRS targeting scandal doesn’t need a special counsel to do the investigating. The folks who are against the appointment of a special counsel, for whatever reason, are happy to allow
President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Wednesday to hold high-level meetings between U.S. and German security officials in the coming days to discuss revelations that the NSA bugged “the offices of the European Union and various embassies
Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler was responsible for exposing155 foreigners who possibly voted in U.S. elections, constituting a crime. However, a reporter from a local TV station,Eli Stokols, sourced a left-of-center political analyst forthe story rather than simply reporting
The father of Edward Snowden has offered the US a deal that he thinks would lead to the return of his son to the US. The proposal was revealed in a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and obtained by
The American people are in an uproar over the revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) has gathered billions of phone and Internet records from millions of American citizens. In response, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has now
Tuesday’s Supreme Court ruling striking down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act of 1964 was a loss for the Obama administration, which had used the Voting Rights Act to attack state voter ID laws, suggesting that they were racist.
The Department of Justice is treating the liberal activist who admitted to bugging one of Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s offices as a journalist, potentially delaying the speed at which it can investigate him for possibly violating federal anti-eavesdropping laws.
On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to the House Judiciary Committee explaining that he did not lie when he told the Committee that he had not been involved in any potential prosecution of journalists. Just days later,
Scant evidence exists that the favored liberal gun control measures have any impact on crime whatsoever. And, when you think about it, why should they, as the guns liberals want to control are virtually all owned by law-abiding, non-criminal members
