Holder stepping down from Obama administration, official says

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Took long enough!

Holder stepping down from Obama administration, official says

Attorney General Eric Holder plans to announce Thursday that he is leaving the Obama administration, a Justice Department official confirmed to Fox News.

The official said Holder has agreed to stay on the job until his successor is confirmed.

The departure would cap a tumultuous six-year term for the nation's top law enforcement official.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/25/holder-stepping-down-from-obama-administration-official-says/

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

The official said Holder has agreed to stay on the job until his successor is confirmed.

That puts Senate Republicans in a tough spot. They'll have to allow the confirmation of Obama's new AG nominee or they will be the ones responsible for Holder remaining in office.

Obama has a real opportunity here!

Edited September 25, 2014 by Mr. Big Dog

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Obama has a real opportunity here!

The departure would cap a tumultuous six-year term for the nation's top law enforcement official.

The best next step is for 0bama to announce his resignation at the same time.

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The best next step is for 0bama to announce his resignation at the same time.

big joe biden fan?

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big joe biden fan?

Huge. And you?

[lostinblue 1,989]

Is his his hard drive backed up.before it crashes!

[decocker 7,198]

Huge. And you?

not really. i find him unremarkable.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

not really. i find him unremarkable.

Oh, come on! Joe is funny.

[decocker 7,198]

Oh, come on! Joe is funny.

you're right, this is quite remarkable..

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Is his his hard drive backed up.before it crashes!

actually, that's a very good point!

not really. i find him unremarkable.

Precisely! That means he safe around all the lights and shiny objects in the Oval office. 0bama never understood what was going on in there either, but he likes to push buttons on stuff to see what happens. His unremarkable staff follows behind him with out of order signs to attach to whatever he touched.

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Precisely! That means he safe around all the lights and shiny objects in the Oval office. 0bama never understood what was going on in there either, but he likes to push buttons on stuff to see what happens. His unremarkable staff follows behind him with out of order signs to attach to whatever he touched.

you have a plethora of insider tales from the white house. are you a disgruntled former secret service who got canned for picking up prostitues in columbia?

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you have a plethora of insider tales from the white house. are you a disgruntled former secret service who got canned for picking up prostitues in columbia?

Oh, those naughty boys! Nope, I'm just an ordinary prostitute. Nothing special like you mentioned.

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Oh, those naughty boys! Nope, I'm just an ordinary prostitute. Nothing special like you mentioned.

oh. well raise your rates, show yourself some respect! you're worth it.

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Glad to hear he is resigning.

I wonder who will get the nomination? Hopefully not Kamala Harris. I don't wish her on anyone.

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Oh what a tangled web we weave when your name is Eric Holder and you have to live in a nation of cowards.

Judge Denies DOJ Request to Delay Release of Fast and Furious Document List
Katie Pavlich | Sep 25, 2014




U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates has denied a request from the Department of Justice to delay the release of a list of Operation Fast and Furious documents being protected under President Obama's assertion of executive privilege.

The list, better known as a Vaughn index, was requested through a June 2012 FOIA filing by government watchdog Judicial Watch. When DOJ didn't respond to the FOIA request in the time required by law, Judicial Watch sued in September 2012, seeking all documents DOJ and the White House are withholding from Congress under executive privilege claims. President Obama made the assertion on June 20, 2012 just moments before Attorney General Eric Holder was held in contempt. In July 2014, after two years of battling for information, Judge Bates ordered the Department of Justice to release the Vaughn Index by October 1. DOJ responded by asking for a month long delay in releasing the list with a deadline of November 3, just one day before the 2014-midterm elections. That request has been denied. A short delay was granted and DOJ must produce the Vaughn index by October 22.

"The government’s arguments for even more time are unconvincing," Bates said in his ruling. "eventy-five days—plus another twenty-one, based in part on Judiciary Watch’s consent—is enough time for the government to prepare the index that this Court has ordered, given that this matter has been pending for over two years. The Court will therefore extend the Department’s Vaughn index submission deadline to October 22, 2014—and no further."

"The government argues that it must devote significant numbers of attorneys to this matter if it hopes to comply with the current Vaughn index deadline ... But the Department has known about its Vaughn index obligations since July 18, 2014 ... At best, it means the Department has been slow to react to this Court’s previous Order. At worst, it means the Department has ignored that Order until now," he added.

The House Oversight Committee is also suing for the release of the Vaughn index and earlier this month U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered DOJ to produce requested information to lawmakers by November 1.

In the Vaughn index, DOJ must explain why documents have been withheld from Congress and the American people under President Obama's assertion of executive privilege. The requirements for DOJ in handling the information included in the Vaughn index are as follows:

1) identify each document withheld; (2) state the statutory exemption claimed; and (3) explain how disclosure would damage the interests protected by the claimed exemption.

“The Obama administration failed to game the courts and now will have to account for its Fast and Furious lies. Two federal courts have now rejected Eric Holder’s election-related ploy to keep this information from the American people,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement in reaction to the ruling. “This is a battle that put Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, saw Nixonian assertions of executive privilege by Barack Obama, and a hapless Congress in the face of all this lawlessness. This latest court ruling shows again that Judicial Watch’s independent investigations and lawsuits are more effective than Congress and the rest of media. We are pleased we may get some accountability for Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and hundreds of others who lost their lives as a result of Obama’s Fast and Furious program.”

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/09/25/judge-denies-doj-request-to-delay-release-of-fast-and-furious-document-list-n1896621

Edited September 25, 2014 by ExExpat