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Predicated on entirely unrelated legislation and refused to hold a vote on loretta lynch for five months after her nomination. which meant that not only did she face one of the longest waits to become attorney general ever, not only was she stuck waiting around, but eric holder was stuck too. holder could not quit his job when he wanted to. republicans professed to hate him. but because of that epic delay by republicans eric holder could not leave. inside the justice department among members of his staff these became the new must-have item. "free eric holderer" wrist bands. free eric holder be...

Decision within his own department to cease defending doma of course. >> how did that fight go? >> well, the chief justice of the united states was not defending the law and not only not defending it, but aggressively arguing that it was not constitutional and what is unusual about that is that the justice department typically defends the laws passed by congress whether you like them or not, but in the case, he said that as he considered the path forward on this, he kept thinking about the past, and eric holderer, the first african-american attorney general said he could not prevent himself fr...

Behind bars and as a result the crime is going down. but the mandatory minimums are under fire and coming from america's top cop. saying the prison sentences are hurting families, eric holderer is pushing the smarter sentence act. >> and such legislation could save the country billions in prison cost while keeping us save. >> reporter: but many federal prosecutors saying it is helping bring down king pins and crime rates >> they work very well who you have a drug offender who can tell you stuff if you charge 20 years of time and the defense

And now some media outlets are making an issue about should eric holderer hold these meetings in a trance parent way? i think that is something holder will definitely have to speak to. >> in an attempt by the administration and doj in order to try to tame this down a little bit, creating almost more controversy getting into a columbia journalism review about what eric holder is doing here. >> journalists love to talk about it. we love to talk about our industry any opportunity we get. i think the conversation is only going to continue. i will say i see very much from the times and the ap's poi...

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