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Lots of buzzing around Eric Holder as the next US Attorney General

By Douglas A. Berman

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In this afternoon post, Newsweek has reported today that "President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general." But this BLT post has this bold update on the story: The Associated Press and The New York Timesare reporting that Obama is deeply considering Holder for the AG post but that no decision has been made. Apparently, Obama aides have been feeling out Republican senators to get a sense of Holder's chances. An official in the Obama camp told the Times that the Newsweek report was "wrong." Of course, regular readers know that there is a pardon story that surround Holder as a result of his service in the Clinton Administration. Here is how the Newsweek report covered this notable ghost of pardons past: The only hesitancy about Holder?s selection was that he himself had reservations about going through a confirmation process that was likely to revive questions about his role in signing off on the controversial pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).