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News about Eric Holder, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

By CHARLIE SAVAGE

The lawyers tried to prepare for any legal obstacles and made it all but inevitable that Bin Laden would be killed, not captured.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Many people who committed minor offenses are blocked from employment and other basic rights for years afterward.

By PETER J. HENNING

The Justice Department appears to want other companies under investigation to view the significant benefits realized by General Motors from its cooperation.

By PETER J. HENNING

The Justice Department is telling companies to investigate wrongdoing more thoroughly or else. The challenge is figuring out what or else might be.

By WILLIAM D. COHAN

It may no longer be possible for Wall Street companies to cut deals that allow individual wrongdoing to be swept under the rug.

By MATT APUZZO

The government has waded into cases involving legal aid, transgender students, juvenile prisoners and people who take videos of police officers.

By ALEC KARAKATSANIS

Despite individual acts of clemency, the Obama administrations record on unfair imprisonment is terrible.

By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED

The former attorney general will be based in the law firms Washington office to focus on investigations and complex lawsuits.

By MITCH SMITH

The bill seeks to address complaints of excessive ticketing raised by black residents after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson last year.

By MATT APUZZO

The obstacles the Obama administration faced in ending the federal death penalty provide vivid examples of just how politically fraught the debate remains.

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By PETER J. HENNING

In the area of white-collar crime, the reaction to Mr. Holders leadership has been mixed, with questions raised about whether too much emphasis was put on penalizing organizations.

By MATT APUZZO and JENNIFER STEINHAUER

Aides say Loretta E. Lynch plans to improve the departments relationships with police groups and Congress, which have been strained during Eric H. Holder Jr.s tenure.

By MATT APUZZO and ADAM LIPTAK

At the Supreme Court, the attorney generals office consistently backs officers accused of abuse, even as it pursues civil rights investigations against several local police departments.

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

Under current federal laws, nothing requires police departments and other agencies to report to the public or to the Justice Department about shootings involving officers.

By GRETCHEN MORGENSON

Mr. Grassley, the Iowa Republican who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent letters to the Justice Department and the Treasury asking for details about the decision.

By MATT APUZZO

The inmate, who is in prison in Georgia, wants the state to restart the hormone treatment she had been taking for 17 years before her arrest.

By JONATHAN WEISMAN and JENNIFER STEINHAUER

Republicans can accept Loretta E. Lynch, a nominee they oppose because she backs the presidents policies, or reject her and live with an attorney general they loathe, Eric H. Holder Jr.

By MORRIS D. DAVIS

Unlike federal courts, military commissions have a dismal record of prosecuting terrorists.

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

The citys historically troubled Police Department faces steep challenges on the way to reform.

Reuters

Eric H. Holder Jr. said goodbye to the Justice Department on Friday, his last day as attorney general.

Reuters

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. condemned the attacks on two police officers in Ferguson, Mo., calling the attacker a damn punk.

AP

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. described the Justice Departments searing report on Ferguson, Mo., which found deep distrust between police officers and residents.

Associated Press

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced that the agency will pay $1.37 billion to settle an array of government lawsuits that accused S.&P. of inflating subprime mortgage investment ratings.

U.S. Department of Justice

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Friday that the Justice Department had issued new recommendations to law enforcement agencies about the management of public protests.

Reuters

Eric H. Holder Jr., the first African-American to serve as United States attorney general, announced his resignation in a ceremony at the White House.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., who met with the family of Michael Brown during his trip to Ferguson, Mo., said that mistrust exists between the police and the people they are meant to serve.

Associated Press

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. and Capt. Ronald S. Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol spoke after a more peaceful night of protests in Ferguson, Mo.

Christian Roman

President Obama said Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will go to Ferguson, Mo., on Wednesday to monitor the ongoing investigation into the shooting death of Michael Brown.

The final signed letter sent to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Wednesday, urged the Justice Department to intervene in the case about the death of Eric Garner immediately.

Carrie Halperin

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. held a news conference to discuss the landmark resolution in a mortgage securities investigation of Citigroup.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. urged countries in Europe and elsewhere to do more to keep their citizens from traveling to Syria to train and fight with extremists.

AP

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced that BNP Paribas will plead guilty to criminal charges and pay a $8.9 billion fine for violating sanctions.

Natalia V. Osipova

How five men working for the Peoples Liberation Army in China ended up wanted by United States authorities.

Associated Press

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced that the Swiss bank would plead guilty in a tax evasion case, pay about $2.6 billion in penalties and hire an independent monitor.

AP

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced charges against Chinese army personnel for hacking into American companies including Westinghouse, United States Steel and Alcoa.

Carrie Halperin

Also on the Minute, Syrias humanitarian crisis, and the risks people take to find their iPhones.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced that Toyota had reached a $1.2 billion deal with the Justice Department to settle a four-year criminal investigation.

Toyota has agreed to a record $1.2 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over criminal charges tied to the Japanese automaker's historic recall back in 2009. Conway G. Gittens reports.

Toyota has agreed to a record $1.2 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over criminal charges tied to the Japanese automaker's historic recall back in 2009. Conway G. Gittens reports.

By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED

The former attorney general will be based in the law firms Washington office to focus on investigations and complex lawsuits.

By MATT APUZZO and ADAM LIPTAK

At the Supreme Court, the attorney generals office consistently backs officers accused of abuse, even as it pursues civil rights investigations against several local police departments.

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

Under current federal laws, nothing requires police departments and other agencies to report to the public or to the Justice Department about shootings involving officers.

By JONATHAN WEISMAN and JENNIFER STEINHAUER

Republicans can accept Loretta E. Lynch, a nominee they oppose because she backs the presidents policies, or reject her and live with an attorney general they loathe, Eric H. Holder Jr.

By RICHARD FAUSSET

Attorney General Eric Holder told the crowd at a commemorative march Sunday that access to the polls was under siege by a flurry of recent state laws.

By CARL HULSE and MATT APUZZO

Loretta E. Lynchs dealings with the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee were mostly cordial as she faced questions on immigration and other hot-button issues.

By CARL HULSE and MATT APUZZO

Loretta E. Lynch is expected to present herself as an apolitical career prosecutor when the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee opens hearings on her nomination.

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. called for improved tracking of the number of times law enforcement officers are shot at or fire their weapons, as part of a trust-building effort.

By MATT APUZZO

The revisions make it much more difficult, though not impossible, to demand phone records, notes or emails from news organizations.

By MATT APUZZO

Friends say Loretta E. Lynch, an African-American reared in the segregated South, sees herself more as a traditional prosecutor than a civil rights advocate.

By MITCH SMITH

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. spoke with the police and community members in Chicago on Friday about law enforcement practices, his latest stop in a nationwide tour.

By MATT APUZZO

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., facing a deadline in a case involving a reporter for The New York Times, has been asked to approve a separate subpoena for a reporter for CBS News.

By MATT APUZZO

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Ahead of Sunday's debate in Charleston, Holder will campaign for Clinton in South Carolina.

Former Attorney General Eric Holder endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination on Wednesday, praising his former administration colleague's plans to tackle a wide range of issues, from gun violence to college affordability.

"Our next president can't shy away from building on the progress of President Obama, which is why Hillary Clinton is the candidate that we need in the White House," Holder said, according to The Associated Press, which first reported the news from the Clinton campaign earlier this morning.

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Ahead of Sunday's debate in Charleston, Holder will campaign for Clinton in South Carolina.

Holder, who is a partner at the law firm Covington & Burling, said that Clinton has the "experience and right judgment to deliver results for families across the country."

"I've seen her deal with the issues that will confront the next president firsthand, and she has bold plans to address police brutality, fight for commonsense reforms to our gun laws, get incomes rising, and make college affordable," the former attorney general said, according to the full statement tweeted by a CNN reporter.

A Republican president, Holder said, would "tear down our progress on civil rights, health care and curbing gun violence."

"It can't and won't happen under Hillary who has spent her life taking on the toughest fights," he said, according to the statement.

Holder is one of several past and present Obama Cabinet officials to endorse the former secretary of state, including former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Current Cabinet officials who have endorsed Clinton include Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julin Castro, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.

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Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has surprising arguments against fingerprinting Uber drivers.

Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has surprising arguments against fingerprinting Uber drivers.

FILE-- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.Holder has come out against proposals in Chicago and New Jersey to require fingerprint background checks of drivers for Uber and Lyft.

FILE-- U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.Holder has come out against proposals in Chicago and New Jersey to require fingerprint background checks of drivers for Uber and Lyft.

Eric Holder: Fingerprinting rules are racist

Former Attorney General Eric Holder has come out against proposals in Chicago and New Jersey to require fingerprint background checks of drivers for ride-hailing platforms such as Uber and Lyft. Why would Obamas onetime top lawman come out against regulation that is supposed to protect the riding public? Credit the intersection of two forces. First, Holders tony corporate law firm, Covington & Burling, represents Uber. Also, as Holder sees it, requiring drivers to submit fingerprints may have a discriminatory impact on communities of color.

I was surprised to read about Holders opposition, as I have trouble seeing Holder as a model for social justice. As deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, Holder gave a neutral-leaning to positive recommendation for the pardon of billionaire Marc Rich, who fled to Switzerland to evade fraud and tax evasion charges. As President Obamas first attorney general, he was so stingy with the pardon power that political scientist P.S. Ruckman wrote that inmates seeking clemency had a better chance of being struck by lightning.

Besides, law enforcement relies on fingerprinting because it works. According to the National Rifle Association, gun buyers must undergo fingerprint checks in some states. California teachers submit fingerprints for criminal background checks. California drivers are fingerprinted. I get into my gym thanks to a fingerprint scanner and swipe my index finger to open my phone. Dont tell me, I said to myself, Holder has joined gadflies who question the validity of fingerprints the way others oppose vaccinations.

Black mens burden

Holder is no such animal. In a letter to Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale, Holder explained that while fingerprint checks are a valuable law enforcement tool, they often do not indicate whether a person who was arrested was even charged or ultimately convicted. Thus, mandatory checks can prevent people from getting a job even if they were never found guilty of a crime. Because black men are arrested more than white men, the policy affects men of color disproportionately.

Pro-fingerprint politicians frame their stance as a matter of fairness. New Jersey limousine drivers must undergo fingerprint background checks. Ergo, the Limousine Association of New Jersey favors the same for ride-hailing service drivers to adequately protect the riding public.

Uber contends it can check drivers backgrounds more thoroughly with databases that probe applicants driving records, criminal history and more. According to a fact sheet, Uber does not contract with drivers who have three or more moving violations in the past three years, have been cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license or without insurance in the past seven years, or were convicted of drunken driving or reckless driving in the past seven years.

Also, the market provides protections that regulation cannot deliver. Because technology identifies passengers and drivers, there is no anonymity. Riders rate drivers; drivers rate riders an incentive for good behavior. Theres no place to hide, said Matthew Feeney of the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute. No transportation model is risk-free, Feeney noted, but: You would have to want to be caught to commit a crime in an Uber car. It is a detectives dream.

On television, fingerprinting is the gold standard for identifying suspects, but, Feeney noted, its an incomplete tool for screening for criminal convictions. Feeney said he believes politicians who push for more regulations for ride-hailing operations care about public safety, but there is also the chance that theyre motivated in part by protectionist or anticompetitive feelings about taxis.

Ubers blog notes that Alderman Beale says he wants to level the playing field, but the answer is to introduce new commonsense rules for taxis, NOT to impose the same bureaucratic regulations on ride-sharing apps like Uber.

Focusing on Houston

Uber and Lyft left Austin, Texas, last month after voters rejected a measure (greased liberally with ride-hailing company capital) to end taxi-style regulations that included fingerprinting. The next battleground is Houston. Lyft left Houston in 2014 when it passed similar regulations. Uber Houston now offers provisional permits for drivers for 30 days, after which they must get fingerprinted. An Uber executive who did not want to be named told me fingerprinting is expensive and time-consuming.

San Francisco has seen sharing-economy startups operate outside the law, then try to work with local lawmakers. Compromise gets startups only so far. See how Airbnb worked to license and tax short-term rentals to get in the good graces of City Hall. Now the Board of Supervisors is threatening large fines and even criminal charges. Trusting City Hall is like thinking you can deal with the Mob.

Debra J. Saunders is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: dsaunders@sfchronicle.com Twitter: DebraJSaunders

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I was surprised to read about Holder's opposition, as I have trouble seeing Holder as a model for social justice. As deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration, Holder gave a "neutral-leaning to positive" recommendation for the pardon of billionaire Marc Rich, who fled to Switzerland to evade fraud and tax evasion charges. As President Obama's first attorney general, he was so stingy with the pardon power that political scientist P.S. Ruckman wrote that inmates seeking clemency had "a better chance of being struck by lightning."

Besides, law enforcement relies on fingerprinting because it works. According to the National Rifle Association, gun buyers must undergo fingerprint checks in some states. California teachers submit fingerprints for criminal background checks. California drivers are fingerprinted. I get into my gym thanks to a fingerprint scanner and swipe my index finger to open my phone. Don't tell me, I said to myself, Holder has joined gadflies who question the validity of fingerprints the way others oppose vaccinations.

Holder is no such animal. In a letter to Chicago Alderman Anthony Beale, Holder explained that while fingerprint checks are a valuable law enforcement tool, they "often do not indicate whether a person who was arrested was even charged or ultimately convicted." Thus, mandatory checks "can prevent people from getting a job even if they were never found guilty of a crime." Because black men are arrested more than white men, the policy affects men of color disproportionately.

Pro-fingerprint politicians frame their stance as a matter of fairness. New Jersey limousine drivers must undergo fingerprint background checks. Ergo, the Limousine Association of New Jersey favors the same for ride-hailing service drivers "to adequately protect the riding public."

Uber contends it can check drivers' backgrounds more thoroughly with databases that probe applicants' driving records, criminal history and more. According to a fact sheet, Uber does not contract with drivers who have three or more moving violations in the past three years, have been cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license or without insurance in the past seven years, or were convicted of drunken driving or reckless driving in the past seven years.

Also, the market provides protections that regulation cannot deliver. Because technology identifies passengers and drivers, there is no anonymity. Riders rate drivers; drivers rate riders -- an incentive for good behavior. There's no place to hide, said Matthew Feeney of the Libertarian-leaning Cato Institute. No transportation model is risk-free, Feeney noted, but: "You would have to want to be caught to commit a crime in an Uber car. It is a detective's dream."

On television, fingerprinting is the gold standard for identifying suspects, but, Feeney noted, it's an incomplete tool for screening for criminal convictions. Feeney said he believes politicians who push for more regulations for ride-hailing operations care about public safety, "but there is also the chance that they're motivated in part by protectionist or anticompetitive feelings about taxis."

Uber's blog notes that Alderman Beale says he wants to level the playing field, "but the answer is to introduce new common-sense rules for taxis, NOT to impose the same bureaucratic regulations on ride-sharing apps like Uber."

Uber and Lyft left Austin, Texas, last month after voters rejected a measure (greased liberally with ride-hailing company capital) to end taxi-style regulations that included fingerprinting. The next battleground is Houston. Lyft left Houston in 2014 when it passed similar regulations. Uber Houston now offers provisional permits for drivers for 30 days, after which they must get fingerprinted. An Uber executive who did not want to be named told me fingerprinting is expensive and time-consuming.

San Francisco has seen sharing-economy startups operate outside the law, then try to work with local lawmakers. Compromise gets startups only so far. See how Airbnb worked to license and tax short-term rentals to get in the good graces of City Hall. Now the Board of Supervisors is threatening large fines and even criminal charges. Trusting City Hall is like thinking you can deal with the mob.

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Eric Himpton Holder, Jr., n le 21 janvier 1951 New York, est un homme politique et avocat amricain, procureur gnral des tats-Unis (Attorney General) entre 2009 et 2015 au sein de l'administration de Barack Obama. Il est le premier Afro-amricain occuper ce poste.

Eric Holder est n dans le Bronx de parents originaires de la Barbade. Son pre Eric Himpton Holder, Sr. (1905-1970) naquit Saint-Joseph, l'est de l'le de la Barbade et arriva l'ge de 11 ans sur le sol amricain. Il devint plus tard prteur immobilier. Sa mre Miriam naquit dans le New Jersey. Ses grands-parents maternels furent des immigrants originaires de la paroisse barbadienne de Saint-Philip. Eric H. Holder, Jr. grandit dans le quartier d'East Elmhurst dans le quartier nord-ouest du Queens o il frquenta l'cole publique jusqu' l'ge de dix ans.

Remarqu par ses rsultats scolaires, il intgre la Stuyvesant High School, lyce priv prestigieux de Manhattan. Il entre ensuite l'universit Columbia o il obtient en 1973 un Bachelor of Arts en histoire amricaine. Il suit ensuite les cours de la Columbia Law School dont il sort diplm en 1976. Il travaille alors pour le dpartement de la Justice des tats-Unis comme trial attorney dans la section Intgrit publique de 1976 1988. Durant cette priode, il participera aux poursuites contre le membre du congrs dmocrate John Jenrette accus de trafic d'influence. En 1988, le prsident Ronald Reagan le nomme juge la Cour suprieure du district de Columbia, la capitale fdrale. En 1993 il est promu par le prsident Bill Clinton au poste de procureur fdral du district de Columbia. C'est le premier Afro-Amricain ce poste, comme il le sera lors de ses promotions suivantes. Au dbut de ses nouvelles fonctions, il supervise les conclusions sur le cas de corruption contre Dan Rostenkowski, une partie du scandale de la Poste du Congrs. En 1997, il est promu procureur gnral adjoint, poste o il seconde Janet Reno. De 2001 2008, sous la prsidence de George W. Bush, Holder quitte l'administration et travaille dans le priv, comme avocat au cabinet Covington & Burling, Washington, reprsentant des clients comme Merck ou la National Football League.

En avril 2004, invit sur CNN, il affirme son opposition au Patriot Act de l'administration Bush. En juin 2008 lors d'un discours l'American Constitution Society for Law and Policy il critique la politique amricaine de la torture et la surveillance sans mandat permise la NSA. Nanmoins, le Patriot Act est prolong par le Congrs amricain, au moins jusqu'en juin 2015.

Lorsque Barack Obama est lu fin 2008, il choisit Eric Holder comme ministre de la justice (Procureur gnral des tats-Unis), pour la passation de pouvoirs de dbut 2009.

Le 9 janvier 2009, le Snat confirme Holder comme procureur gnral des tats-Unis (ministre de la Justice des tats-Unis), sa nomination fut plusieurs fois retarde mais finalement confirme avec 75 voix pour et 21 contre aprs trois heures de dbat au Snat[1]. Il est reconduit lors du second mandat de Barack Obama.

Eric Holder et Barack Obama ont de trs importants dossiers traiter: l'abandon des discriminations contre le mariage homosexuel, les fraudes amricaines ayant entrain la crise conomique mondiale des annes 2008 et suivantes, et l'ampleur des coutes lgales mais secrtes de la National Security Agency.

Paralllement, de nombreux scandales judiciaires sont rvls tout au cours des deux prsidences Obama, mais aucun n'a assez d'envergure pour engendrer une dmission de l'administration, du prsident ou de ses ministres.

Eric Holder n'est pas encore ministre de la Justice lors du dclenchement de la crise financire de 2008, mais il est rapidement charg des suites judiciaires. En 2013, Eric Holder explique pourquoi il a refus de poursuivre les institutions financires aprs la crise de 2008.

Interrog par le snateur Chuck Grassley (rpublicain de lIowa) le 6 mars 2013 dans une audition du Comit judiciaire du Snat amricain sur les raisons pour lesquelles aucun dirigeant dtablissement bancaire navait t poursuivi suite aux vnements qui avaient conduit leffondrement du systme financier international en septembre 2008, Eric Holder rpond: Je crains que la taille de certains de ces tablissements ne soit devenue si grande quil est devenu difficile de les poursuivre en justice, parce que des indications nous parviennent qui si nous les poursuivions si nous procdions des inculpations cela aurait un impact ngatif sur lconomie nationale, voire sur lconomie mondiale, et il me semble que ceci est la consquence du fait que certains de ces tablissements sont devenus trop importants () Ceci a une influence inhibitoire sur, ou impacte, notre capacit prendre les mesures qui seraient selon moi les plus adquates

Ces propos sont interprts par les snateurs et par la presse comme laveu dune position de faiblesse du ministre de la Justice dans son rapport de force avec le secteur bancaire[2].

En 2013, Eric Holder est mis en cause pour avoir autoris la livraison d'armes amricaines aux cartels mexicains dans le cadre de l'opration Fast and Furious visant suivre le traffic des armes vers les cartels de la drogue. Cependant seuls 23 parlementaires ptitionnent pour sa rvocation, ce qui est trs loin du quota ncessaire.

En 2014, Eric Holder est accus par une enqute du Washington Post (Prix Pulitzer 2014, pour la publication des rvlations d'Edward Snowden), cite par le polmiste James Bovard, d'avoir fait spcialit d'enterrer les affaires impliquant des policiers. Alors qu'entre la nomination d'Eric Holder en 1988 et 2014, les policiers sous sa responsabilit ont tu plus de suspects que tout autre service de police, dans l'histoire des tats-Unis, aucun policier n'a t personnellement mis en examen pour homicide dans le district de Columbia, alors que les services de police taient condamns.

Le point culminant de cette accusation d'entrave la saisine de la justice, est que face cette situation statistiquement alarmante Janet Reno aurait en 1997 charg Eric Holder d'enquter sur lui-mme. Depuis 18 ans cette enqute serait ouverte et vierge.

Le 25 septembre 2014, Eric Holder annonce sa dmission sans en prciser les motifs, ce qui est habituel aux tats-Unis. Il restera en fonctions plusieurs mois jusqu' l'entre en fonction de son successeur. Il s'agirait d'un accord politique prvu de longue date avec le prsident Barack Obama, afin de nommer une autre personnalit pour sa dernire anne de prsidence. Barack dclare au sujet d'Eric Holder: Nous ne pourrions pas tre plus reconnaissants pour tout ce que vous avez fait, pas juste pour moi et le gouvernement, mais pour tout le pays[3],[4],[5].

Le 8 novembre 2014, Loretta Lynch, procureure, est choisie par le prsident Obama pour succder Holder.

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