Attorney General Eric Holder Says He'll Step Down This Year *UPDATE* [View all]

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Source: The New Yorker

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the New Yorker that he plans to step down some time this year.

In a feature story for the magazine's Feb. 17 issue (sub. req.), Holder told Jeffrey Toobin that he will leave his post in 2014, though he also said that he planned to remain as attorney general "well into" the year.

As recently as Nov. 19, Holder, the first African-American attorney general in U.S. history, told CBS News that he didn't have "any plans" to step down.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/eric-holder-resign

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Holder has no plans to step down

Attorney General Eric Holder has no specific plans to step down by the end of 2014, Obama administration officials say, contrary to a new magazine report.

The New Yorker, in a piece about Holder's battles over voting rights, said President Obama's attorney general "will leave office sometime this year."

That is a misinterpretation of a frequent Holder comment that he plans to stay in the job until at least most of 2014, officials said.

"Actually, most he said was he planned to stay well into '14," tweeted Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/02/10/eric-holder-obama-justice-department-new-yorker/5368091/