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The Justice Department’s motto, contained on the seal of the
department, is “Qui Pro Domina Justitia Sequitur.” It has been
roughly
translated to refer to the Attorney General as he who “prosecutes on
behalf of justice.” But as we outline in our book, Eric Holder seems to
have changed that motto so that it can be read to mean “the attorney
general prosecutes on behalf of his political and ideological allies.”
Eric Holder is almost certainly the most liberal attorney general of
the modern era, but he has also liberally bent the rule of law and
established internal practices that harm the cause of justice. His
tenure at the Justice Department has been marked by one scandal after
another and abusive behavior by Justice Department lawyers in
unwarranted, ideologically driven prosecutions.
Holder is the first attorney general in history to be held in contempt
by the House of Representatives for his unjustified refusal to turn
over documents related to what may be the most reckless law-enforcement
operation of the Justice Department ever conducted: Operation Fast and
Furious. He has launched more investigations and prosecutions of leaks
than any prior attorney general, yet he has studiously ignored
high-level “friendly leaks” by White House officials in the Obama
administration.
Holder has racialized the prosecution of federal discrimination laws
and led an unprecedented attack on election-integrity laws, thus making
it easier for people to commit voter fraud and facilitating the
election of members of his political party. His handling of
national-security issues has been dismal and he has filled the career
ranks of the Justice Department with political allies, cronies, and
Democratic-party donors, in clear violation of civil-service rules.
Holder has treated Congress with contempt and has done everything he
can to evade its oversight responsibilities by misleading,
misinforming, and ignoring members of Congress and its committees.
Holder has attacked pro-life protesters, trying to use federal power to
restrict their First Amendment right to speak, has prosecuted American
companies for engaging in behavior that is routinely done by government
officials, and has on numerous occasions ignored his duty to defend the
law and to enforce statutes passed by Congress.
For these reasons and many others, former career lawyer Christopher
Coates, who served in the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations,
says that in his opinion, “Holder is the worst person to hold the
position of attorney general since the disgraced John Mitchell, who
went to jail as a result of the Watergate scandal.”
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