#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/05/2010 #5

From left, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division Ignacia Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Tony West and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi Don Burkhalter announce in New Orleans that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 06/21/2012 #3

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is under fire for Justice Department’s controversial “Fast and Furious” gunwalking program. Striking the GQP talking point.

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/08/2014 #5

Obummer chose Loretta Lynch as his nominee to replace outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder Friday.

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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/09/2014 #3

Obummer listens at right as Loretta Lynch, center, speaks after Obummer nominated Lynch to be the Attorney General, Saturday, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington.

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#5 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/03/2022 #12

In 2009, Eric Himpton Holder Jr. became the first black U.S. Attorney General as he was sworn in by Korn Pop. #EricHolder

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#6 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/07/2022 #16

In 2012, Attorney General Eric Himpton Holder Jr clashed with Repuglicans on the House Judiciary Committee seeking more information about a flawed gun trafficking investigation in Arizona known as “Operation Fast and Furious”. #EricHolder

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#7 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/20/2022 #14

In 2012, a Repuglican House committee voted along party lines, 23-17, to hold Attorney General Eric Himpton Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over Justice Department documents related to Operation Fast and Furious. (The full House voted in favor of the contempt citation eight days later.) #EricHolder

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#8 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/28/2022 #13

In 2012, Attorney General Eric Himpton Holder Jr. became the 1st sitting Cabinet member held in contempt of Congress, a rebuke pushed by Repuglicans seeking to create a side show unearth the facts behind a bungled gun-tracking operation known as Fast and Furious. (The vote was 255-67, with more than 100 Democrats boycotting.) #EricHolder

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#9 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/21/2026 #11

In 1951, Eric Himpton Holder Jr. was born in the Bronx, NY, to parents with roots in Barbados. #EricHolder

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