Eric Holder

Hey, ‘Islamist’ and ‘Radical Islam’ Are Just Words, Right?

By Jim Geraghty February 18, 2015

Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking yesterday about whether the administration should refer to terrorists who claim to act in the name of Islam by their faith or by the term ...

What’s Next for Departing Attorney General Eric Holder?

By Jim Geraghty September 25, 2014

Eric Holder will turn in his badge resign as attorney general and pursue AP reporters and Fox News’ James Rosen as a vigilante and pursue some other opportunities in the country he labeled ...

Ted Cruz: Eric Holder Should Appoint IRS Special Prosecutor or Be Impeached

By Joel Gehrke June 26, 2014

Attorney General Eric Holder should be impeached if he refuses to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the targeting of tea-party groups by the IRS, according to Senator Ted Cruz ...

Reporters Should Just CC Eric Holder onAll E-Mails From Now On

By Jim Geraghty May 24, 2013

The last Morning Jolt of the week features a look at Lois Lerner, and the cowboy hero that President Obama seeks to emulate, and . . . Eric Holder: Sure, I’m Cool With Snooping ...

Who Still Has Faith in Eric Holder?

By Jim Geraghty May 16, 2013

From the Thursday edition of the Morning Jolt: Holder Melts Down Can anyone, with a straight face, argue that Eric Holder should remain as Attorney General, and the country can have faith ...

Eric Holder’s Implausibly Uncommunicative Staff

By Jim Geraghty September 20, 2012

The Thursday edition of the Morning Jolt features a discussion of the power of messages against the power of events, the latest news on the investigation in the Benghazi attack, ...

Scathing Fast & Furious IG Report Imminent?

By Jim Geraghty September 17, 2012

While doing today’s Jolt, I came across this intriguing article from Fox News from a week ago — a news development lost in the (deserved) interest in the embassy-attack stories: Dozens ...

Voters to Quinnipiac: Obamacare Is a Tax Hike

By Jim Geraghty July 12, 2012

This morning, Quinnipiac gives the GOP and the Right modestly good news on just about all fronts: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a tax hike, American voters say 55 – ...

Explaining ‘Fast & Furious’ to the Founding Fathers

By Jim Geraghty June 29, 2012

The final Morning Jolt of the week is full of reaction to the Obamacare decision, but it also includes this examination of how we got where we are in the ...

Too Fast and Too Furious?

By Ammon Simon May 6, 2012

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa issued a memorandum and draft contempt report on Thursday making the case for holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of ...