Why Eric Holder Represents What's Wrong with Washington
Eric Holder Jr., by all accounts, is a decent, smart, caring, competent fellow. President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be attorney...
Synopsis: In the eight years since Holder left the Clinton Administration until now he has been defending the interests of corporate America in a private Washington law firm. He made a choice to rake in millions per year securing favorable court decisions for corporate interests at the expense of people. He did not ...
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Holder's nomination as Obama's attorney general has been controversial based on his agreement with former Pres. Bill Clinton's pardon of financier Marc Rich. This is a minor criticism of Holder in light of his more recent 2000-20008 corporate defense work in a private Washington law firm.