The Tom Joyner Morning Show highlights notable quotes from various people during the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington including Mayor Cory Booker, Rev. Al Sharpton and Attorney General Eric Holder and combines it with Dr. MLK’s 1963 speech to create this beautiful musical tribute to two powerful moments in history.
US Attorney General Eric Holder faces a tough decision as civil rights group petition the Department of Justice to press federal civil rights charges against…
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans investigating a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona see vindication in a long-awaited watchdog report that criticizes one of their favorite targets: Attorney General Eric Holder's Justice Department. But Justice's inspector general absolved Holder himself of blame. The department's internal watchdog, Michael Horowitz, will be the only witness Thursday before the […]
Roland Martin talks with Congressman James clyborne about the Eric Holder case and the contempt vote.
‘Tis the season to be feisty as election year politics are in full swing. Last week, a Republican-led congressional committee voted 23-17 to recommend holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents on a controversial gun scheme known as Operation Fast and Furious. Operation Fast and Furious was […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a precedent-setting resolution to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress. It was the first time a sitting Cabinet member has been held in contempt. A number of Democrats boycotted Thursday's vote. Republicans pushed through the resolution because Holder did not turn over documents related […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House vote finding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress on Thursday would create election-year fireworks but maybe not much lasting sizzle. Federal judges who've been called into similar disputes often sound like frazzled moms, in essence telling Congress and the president, "I don't care who started it, you two […]
Reverend Al Sharpton joins TJMS to dicuss the Fast and Furious Trial and the contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder.
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a vote looming to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, a House committee chairman is challenging President Barack Obama's claim of executive privilege, invoked to maintain secrecy for some documents related to a failed gun-tracking operation. Obama's claim broadly covers administration documents about the program called Operation Fast […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both House Republican officials and Attorney General Eric Holder say they're willing to negotiate an end to a potential constitutional confrontation in a dispute related to the botched "Fast and Furious" gun-tracking operation. The conflict turned nastier Wednesday, when a House committee voted to hold the attorney general in contempt and President […]
Roland Martin Talks with Rep. Elijah E. Cummings about the contempt fight against AG Holder.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee is poised to vote on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over more Justice Department documents on a flawed gun-smuggling probe that resulted in hundreds of guns illicitly purchased in Arizona gun shops winding up in Mexico. The likelihood of […]
