Rappler's latest stories on Eric Holder
Mail bombs to U.S. political figures, media: What we know
Here's what we know so far about the mail bombs and suspicious packages that were sent to prominent Democratic critics of President Donald Trump
US drug enforcement head retires after sex scandal
Michele Leonhart head of the anti drug trafficking law enforcement agency is retiring in mid May Attorney General Eric Holder says
US warns agents not to consort with prostitutes
A memo from the US Justice Department warns government staff not to hire sex workers even if deployed in countries or regions where such behavior is legal or tolerated
Senior Ferguson official out after 'racism' report
The Ferguson City Council votes unanimously on a mutual separation agreement with Shaw effective immediately
Policeman cleared in US town that 'targeted blacks'
The US Justice Department says it found a widespread pattern of racial discrimination and multiple violations of citizens constitutional rights
Holder to unveil new limits on US racial profiling
US Attorney General Eric Holder says profiling by law enforcement is profoundly misguided and ineffective wasting state resources and undermining public trust
New York race protests vent anger over police killings
The largely peaceful demonstrations come as details emerge of another racially tinged death
Protests after no charges in NYC police death of black man
UPDATE Eric Garner s death is one of a string of high profile racially charged incidents in which white officers have been accused of using unreasonable force or being too quick to fire at black suspects
US Attorney General Eric Holder to resign: officials
Eric Holder was the first African American to be named as attorney general and at more than 6 years has served the 4th longest tenure of anyone to hold the post
US, Mexico, Central America join forces on child migrants
US Mexico Honduras Guatemala and El Salvador decide to create a high level working group to tackle the surge of unaccompanied child migrants
US to probe police in Ferguson
Attorney General Eric Holder s agency would probe police in Ferguson to see if there was evidence of a pattern of civil rights violations by the department
US Attorney General meets with Brown family in Ferguson
Attorney General Eric Holder promises the family in a private 20 minute meeting that there would be a fair and independent inquiry into the August 9 death of their 18 year old son
Police hold back on tear gas at Ferguson protest
Ferguson is ground zero of a renewed debate about race and strong armed law enforcement in America since the August 9 fatal shooting of 18 year old Michael Brown
New fatal police shooting near US protest town
Civic leaders in Ferguson in Missouri call for night time quiet and reconciliation after another night of protests and violence in the majority black town
Reduced time for US federal drug offenders already behind bars
The US Sentencing Commission votes to allow prison reductions for already convicted and imprisoned inmates in a move that is expected to affect some 46 000 convicts
US gov't to expand recognition of gay marriage
UPDATED US Attorney General Eric Holder will expand government recognition of same sex marriages in all federal courtrooms and prisons
Snowden sees 'no chance' for fair trial in US
Snowden answers questions publicly online the first such action he s done since June
JPMorgan to pay record $13B to settle US probes – WSJ
The still tentative deal wouldn t resolve a criminal investigation into the bank s activities being conducted by a court in California
Hong Kong 'did not assist Snowden departure'
Hong Kong government: Incomplete paperwork prevented officials from issuing a provisional arrest warrant
Boston bomb suspect arraigned in hospital
UPDATED Dzhokhar Tsamaev is charged for his alleged role in the Boston marathon attacks which left 3 people dead and 200 wounded
Hackers post 'private data' of Michelle Obama, FBI head
Hackers using a Russian web address published the credit reports and social security numbers for Obama Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller US Attorney General Eric Holder and Los Angeles Police Chief Charles Beck
US House speaker firm on Holder contempt vote: aide
US House Speaker John Boehner will press ahead with a vote on whether to hold the government s top attorney in contempt of Congress a move the White House warned Tuesday June 26 was a confrontational political ploy
Panel finds US Attorney General in contempt
US Attorney General Holder was cited for failure to turn over Justice Department documents tied to a probe into the failed Fast and Furious gun running program despite President Barack Obama s intervention
