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Eric Holder Is Resigning
And now, for the best news of the day, we go to NPR which reports that Eric "Too Big To Prosecute" Holder is resigning. From NPR:
Eric Holder Jr., the nation's first black U.S. attorney general, is preparing to announce his resignation Thursday after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system and five and a half years of fights with Republicans in Congress.
Two sources familiar with the decision tell NPR that Holder, 63, intends to leave the Justice Department as soon as his successor is confirmed, a process that could run through 2014 and even into next year. A former U.S. government official says Holder has been increasingly "adamant" about his desire to leave soon for fear he otherwise could be locked in to stay for much of the rest of President Obama's second term.
Holder already is one of the longest serving members of the Obama cabinet and ranks as the fourth longest tenured AG in history. Hundreds of employees waited in lines, stacked three rows deep, for his return in early February 2009 to the Justice Department, where he previously worked as a young corruption prosecutor and as deputy attorney general — the second in command — during the Clinton administration.
But some of that early glow faded in part due to the politicized nature of the job and in part because of Holder's own rhetoric, such as a 2009 Black History Month speech where he said the country was "a nation of cowards" when it comes to discussions about racial tension.
Five years later, violence erupted between police and protesters in Ferguson, Mo., after a white policeman killed an unarmed black 18 year old. And this time, the White House dispatched Holder to speak his piece, in effect jump starting that conversation, and helping to settle nerves in the frayed community.
Another huge controversy — over his decision to try the 9-11 plotters in a New York courthouse in the shadow of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center — prompted venomous reaction from lawmakers, New York City officials and some victim families.
Under pressure that threatened his job and his legacy, the attorney general reversed his decision and instead sent the cases to military court — where they continue to languish even as Osama Bin Laden's son-in-law and other terrorism defendants are serving life sentences in maximum security prisons on American soil.
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.
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In the end, the decision to leave was Holder's alone — the two sources tell NPR the White House would have been happy to have him stay a full eight years and to avoid what could be a contentious nomination fight for his successor. Holder and President Obama discussed his departure several times and finalized things in a long meeting over Labor Day weekend at the White House.
The attorney general told staff the news at DOJ this morning and has called civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., and Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former AG Robert F. Kennedy.
Friends and former colleagues say Holder's made no decisions about his next professional perch, but they say it would be no surprise if he returned to the law firm Covington & Burling, where he spent years representing corporate clients.
The friends say Holder is also considering donating his papers to a university in D.C. or his native New York, where he could establish a civil rights center to work more on law enforcement interactions with communities of color and host public forums on those issues.
But who will no longer not prosecute bankers for the biggest generational and wealth transfer theft is US history?
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die
you fukcer, die!
The cockroaches are running...
Not good news for Lois Lerner.
Maybe he is looking at an exploratory committe to determine if he should run for Veep.
You've all seen the news pairing him with Anthony Weiner for a run in 2016...the wildly popular Weiner/Holder ticket...
Budumpshh!!
So long, Uncle Tom. See you soon on Wall Street
Good riddance to the criminal in charge of the DOJ... I wonder what scandal will surface once his resignation is official? Let's hope it's followed with criminal charges against him....
It will be good to see him go. An AG who won't enforce the law and who supports a two tiered system is not good for the country. Perhaps the new AG will take a closer look at the likes of Corzine, Mozillo and their ilk. Also, am wondering if Benghazi, the IRS scandal and any others are getting to hot to handle. I hope so....might be why Lois Lerner has been out talking to the press lately. Go Trey Gowdy!
GTFO!
Now can he expect a post-AG career, hosting "special investigations" whenever the corrupt regime needs it.
Forever he will be known to me as Placeholder. Didn't do a fucking thing.
Black (light) trash bails on black trash (light) .. no big deal.
The question is “What $4 million dollar a year job does he get with a connected investment bank or consultant firm?”
Pr'olly gonna become head partner at a criminal defense firm
After he's out his prosecution can finally begin...
You're dreaming. Bottle of Blue Label as a bet? 24 months. No prosecution.
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Civil Rights = gun running and not enforcing immigration laws.
Got it. Obstruction of justice on several invistagations, etc. my point is not whether he deserves it but rather will he be prosecuted. Smart money says no way in hell.
Marc Faber predicted a couple years ago, Obama will not serve out his term, due to overwhelming scandals.....
Might not be the scandals, might be chaos and a rebellion that drives-out Obama.
Add one more...
Holder's Civil Rights = not one Wall Street CEO prosecuted
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/untouchables/
http://truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/17768-consigliere-lanny-breuer-head-of-the-doj-criminal-division-leaves-without-prosecuting-one-made-man-on-wall-street
I have one question. Is Eric Holder a negro?
And the other shoe drops... The Fast and Furious case is moving forward and the DOJ has to start producing documents next month...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/25/contempt-congress-case-w...
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Obama will pardon Holder for any crimes he is convicted of...
Don't let the door hit you on the way out, asshole.
"Didn't do a fucking thing."
He set the stage for 'What Comes Next'.
Run...
fuck running......
dig in and pull that charging handle......
He must have TRADED War Crimes, NSA Spying and protecting too big to fail banks from the criminal justice system
For his Social Activism.
I know everyone is rightfully celebrating, but does it make anyone else nervous when they see a giant rat jump off the sinking ship?
Does that mean he's leaving or joining the Dark side?
Will leave before the Demoncrats lose the Senate, so Obama can rush an even more despicable traitor through without trouble. Harry Reid still abides.
does he keep the private jet he took from the military?
He won't need it. His next gig will have plenty of them on the ramp to use.
You don't really think he'll be replaced by a person of character--someone with a single thread of moral fiber--do you?
Who of any moral fiber would work in the Justice Department for
Obama the fraudulent Un-constitutional Un-natural born pseudo-President?
Charges will come soon so that he can be pardoned before his crony is out of the WH.
Charges will come soon so that he can be pardoned before his crony is out of the WH.
Surely he will continue to work for "my people" when he's a free agent? People like Trayvon,.the Black Panthers poll monitoring club, the moronic sociopath hulk that thwacked himself with a cops bullets in Ferguson. And on and on. Maybe Marc Rich's wife will have good lucrative consulting work for the great man.
I wonder if by "advancement in civil rights" this article is referring to Holder's role in allowing blacks to play the knock-out game unmolested on white men.
Imagine the paradise once they have finally removed the last white man.
Presidential pardon for any and all unspecified acts in
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Eric, Goldman on line 1... Looks like they have your office ready
Not Goldman. They infest Washington with their own cockroaches. They don't need to buy guys who have the phone numbers of the cockroaches.
maybe he can get a job
with the Ferguson police ..
More like "badumbshit!!"
don'cha be gettin' raciss, naw...budumpshh!! sound like dee toe-let flushin' down on a turd aw sump'n...but y'all don mean dat way, right...
Should it not be the other way around? Holder my Weiner?
Now he can wear his turbin
Word is he will be replaced by La Raza.
Meaning "The Race".
Yeah.....there's nothing racist about that.
No doubt Obama will nominate a leftist Latina lesbian from La Raza for AG?
Ru Paul.
Christine Marcy is not Latina...
Judge Judy has been announced his replacement
He'll be replaced with whoever is going to have to appear totally impartial when handling Obama's impeachment. This is a sure sign that the ISIS Crisis isn't enough to save the Democrats this fall and that the Republicans will win the senate.
So you're implying the next AG is a dyke?
Wouldn't be the first, thanks to Janet "I like my kids extra crispy" Reno.
Waco.
La Raza's choice for another AG who will not enforce Immigration Law?
It is the whole NWO conspiracy that is against enforcing Immigration Law,
or any other Law of US Sovereignty.
That bitch should be in a federal prison right about now... Still cant understand why she is not.... If it looks like a cover up, smells like a cover up, IT IS A COVER UP.
Damn shame he's being allowed to walk away - he should have been retired on a lamppost someplace in Oklahoma City.
In prison he could get up close and personal with his people.
You mean folks
Nah. Folks get tortured; prisoners get loved.
What do you mean? Obomber is going to nominate Lois to replace Holder.
Lois "the dog ate my emails" Lerner. Janet Napolitano was considered for AG and she didn't use email. She said then she couldn't be accused of having read something that she was cc'd or every attachment to every email. I don't know if this was only for her stint at DHS, or was for her whole career.
2 to 1 the next AG will be from Ashkenazi.
An American, not US subject.
Truth and justice would dictate a jail cell for Holder but I am not holding my breath since 90% of them are criminals... Sad really.
Best news of the day???
More like 6 years
Hopefully, Cakeboy and the Heffer will soon be exiting stage left as well....
ekm maybe right on Obummer....rats abandoning ship....collapse must be close
Must be something coming out that he can't stop that is pretty damning.....
There's no way he'd leave without either prompting or evidence coming in the IRS scandal that implicates the DOJ.
If I hear about him buying a ranch in Paraguay I will believe. Until then, I chalk it up to getting out to make the big bucks while his Rolodex is worth gold.
Assholder is still alive ?
I am shocked !
soon.
He will be replaced by Tiger Woods. Free golf lessons.
Haha good one.
His replacement will be another Holder, Tee Holder
Making my prediction, Jeh Johnson from DHS to take over the reins(and take us further into a police state)
he's obviously going to JP Morgan...
everybody calm down dammit...
atta boy, eric!
Signed Jon Corizine
Free AS A BIRD FREE AS A BIRD.
Brewster McCloud Bird
This is another canary event. Yes, the canary signals by dying.
More people bailing or backing out. The conflagration is going to be enormous.
Hopefully we will be updated on his future whereabouts.
Makes one wonder for sure.
Down the beach from Dimon.
It will take the remaining two years to shred all the incriminating evidence.
No, no canary event here. It's called he got some new clients lined up with very, very deep pockets (JPM I'm sure). So no canary, just a windfall payday.
Bingo.
This is the best news in weeks.
But what about the devil we don't know? Is Goebbels going to take his place? Oh shit, now Obama gets to pick yet another asshole crony to pay off...someone who might be as bad or maybe even worse than Holder.
I just went from euphoria to consternation.
Can we still call the new guy dick holder? That shit is priceless.
Growing up in the 80s before caller ID and having fun randomly prank calling people out of the phone book (remember those things) - the best name ever:
Mr. Richard & Mrs. Eileen Fake in the phone book = Fake, Dick & Eileen (say it out loud for maximum giggles)
He's been a made man since oklahoma. I can't see why he's leaving outside of being sick of the shiit. I'm sure he'll blame racism on the way out as he rolls into a multimillion dollar salary job that makes the 99% drool.
Ah, Place Holder, we wish we hardly knew ye.
He's been a made man since oklahoma.
Wow....someone else knows about that?
I would settle for "JAIL. Go directly to JAIL. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200"!
Ow, just fucking ow!
C'mon banzai, I'm eating lunch.
So much for finishing breakfast.
Thanks WB7. Now I can't get my eyes to stop bleeding.
WB7, that one never ceases to get a chuckle. Or was that vomit?
http://www.eyebleach.com
Good to see you back commenting Fonz, I always enjoyed reading your comments/insight
Best theme music for this event ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7CBcc2rwkM
Hmmmmm....Ruthie Gunsburg been going off the rails lately.....
Sounds like Supreme Court is next for our dear Attorney General Agitator
Nope, no way. She is staying on because she is "afraid of the republicans" and them blocking her successor. Even though the repukes aren't worth a shit, they at least know better than to confirm Holder. There comes a line between doing what they are told and self preservation. The grass roots of the party would fly off the handle if the tried to let Holder pass.
Ginsburg definitely off the rails. The sand in the hourglass of her hopes of an equally or more liberal replacement given resignation ran out in January '14. There is no way the Senate would act on a nomination before November. The Senate WILL NOT become more liberal. Oda are still in favor of it going full Pub. Who knows what flavor of Prez/Congress we will have in '16? Nah. She missed the boat. Unless she is counting on staying until 2030. Surely there will be another uber liberal configuration by then.
In a way I am sad. I was sooooooooo looking forward to our first Muslim SCOTUS member. NOT!!!
She also placed the blame on the Pubs for changing the filibuster rule. Sotty Ruthie, it was the Dems. The Pubs tried it a few years ago for the same sordid reasons the Dems tried and succeeded more recently. A pox on all of their houses.
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What, you're not up for bankster beheadings?
The most corrupt Attorney General in U.S. history should have been leaving office in manacles and leg irons.
They are doing this now because they have just pretty much figured out they will lose the senate in the next election and then they couldn't control who replaces him and gets to run interference for them next. This is scary folks because the dem majority in the senate can confirm whomever the hell they want to take his place. Won't make much of a difference though if the house impeaches in January and the senate falls to the GOP but I don't expect the GOP would actually impeach even if they had a majority in both houses. Both parties are birds of a feather at this point.
Good fucking riddance to bad fucking rubbish.
In an administration full of malevolence and incompetence, Eric Holder distinguished himself as the POS that floated to the top. BTW, NPR's biased reporting makes me want to puke as well. I can't wait to say good riddance to that Cracker hating SOB.
This man had his hands dirty since Ruby Ridge. His next trick was Waco under Clinton. OKC Bombing was in his house, on and on and on. He has blood on his hands and someone has to have the goods on the man. He can't get away with all the deaths he is resonsible for or all hope for our nation is lost. Holder has been a core player in the corruption and coverups in this nation since Clinton. The Obama Administration was the cherry on top of the cowgirl for this man. His lawless imposition of political and judicial might to crush opposition is nothing short of treason and a capitol crime as far as I'm concerned.
There is a GOD. Missed ya Fonz :-)
I'm gonna go buy a bottle of champaign. Best news I've heard all year.
Me too.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Exactly!
I've been out from ZH for a while, what happened to fonz before?
Finally got a job offer on the street. Congrats.
Must be a Goldman's offer. Finally.
How about Janet Reno again? Whee! Or maybe Timmay?
or the other gay Janet
There goes the devil we know...
Dick Holder's work is done. Here comes the lackey. Some low-level shithead looking to make a name in an old normal kind of way or a highly insulated insider to run out the string.
They will find an even worse yet POS. Everytime there appears to be good news they fuck you at the drive through!!
Luis Gutierrez is interested in the job... I'm sure he would be politically nuetral... /sarc
Meh -- we'll get another just like him
I am guessing worse actually.
No matter. Valar morghulis.
Wrong house. Wolf pussy.
Hope they now send him to jail where he belongs.
HOLY FUCKING SHIT! It's about time, unfortunately nobody will prosecute his corrupt ass.
The only chance would have been Ron Paul's attorney general. Would have been fun to clean house.
To be replaced by another, worthless, fuckstick. Pass the Karmelcorn.
Nice. I'm throwing a party tonight!
Fucking criminal.
I am sure he will be replaced by a fair and reasonable public servant, dedicated to Justus.
Phew - I thought you said dedicated to Jesus
That's up next, when the theocrats get elected.
Saul Goodman for AG!!
Wow. Just F-ing wow.
Don't let the door hit ya. Asshole.
I wounder what they got him on.
I wonder who got him. That's the scary part.
My guess is the story behind this is more mundane -- that there's a smoking gun that connects either him or Obama directly to one of the numerous scandals and there's no weaseling out of it. An email from him to Lois Lerner, for example, saying chasing right wing tax exempted groups is an order would suffice.
Now that the statute of limitations clock has run out for Wall Street, it's
time to go back to representing Wall Street.
A resignation is inadequate justice for Holder.
hope he has what jamie dimon has
rot in hell holder
Oooohhh... That hurt's man... Papaloma in the throat from - uh... Well, you know... EATING DIRTY SNATCH...!!!!
He could never really get that race war going full force. ...... what a failure
Be patient...it's coming.
Hey man - you gotta give the guy props for trying though - I mean, who has ever tried as hard as this guy to Divide?
Pinch me -- just so I can be sure I am not fucking dreaming.
Fuck you Eric "Cock" Holder, good fucking riddance! Hope you die a horrible painful death one day, after a long period of suffering. Cunt!