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Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Broadening its push to improve police relations with minorities, the Justice Department has enlisted a team of criminal justice researchers to study racial bias in law enforcement in five American cities and recommend strategies to address the problem nationally, Holder said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Eric Holder kicks off 3-year, anti-bias review of nation’s police

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration of Eric Holder and the corruption of the Justice Department by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

FUND & VON SPAKOVSKY: The injustice of Eric Holder

By John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2014 file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder talks with Capt. Ron Johnson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol at Drake's Place Restaurant in Florrissant, Mo. The Justice Department plans to open a wide-ranging investigation into the practices of the Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department following the shooting last month of an unarmed black 18-year-old by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb, a person briefed on the matter said Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File-Pool)

AP Interview: Feds launch policing bias study

By ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2014, file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder is arguing publicly in favor of legal representation for migrant children arriving unaccompanied at the border. At the same time, his department is taking the opposite position in court. Holder said Sept. 12 in a speech to the Hispanic National Bar Association that the government has a moral obligation to ensure counsel for children and youth who’ve arrived at the border without their parents. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Lawyers for migrants? Administration says yes, no

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

**FILE** Acting Associate Attorney General Tony West (right) speaks as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (second from right), Stuart F. Delery (second from left), Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan stand by during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Oct. 2, 2012, about the first legal action of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) Working Group. (Associated Press)

Stuart Delery named Holder’s No. 3 at Justice Department

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Police in riot gear watch protesters in Ferguson, Missouri. The transfer program is under intense scrutiny in the aftermath of this month's standoffs between police and protesters. (Associated Press photographs)

Police under fire for anti-Obama post: Your ‘racism is an embarrassment’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

**FILE** Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division for the Justice Department Tony West speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington on Sept. 1, 2010. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder bids goodbye to top lieutenant

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder during his meeting at the FBI building in St. Louis, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Holder has told Ferguson community leaders that he has assigned the federal government's &quot;most experienced agents and prosecutors&quot; to the investigation of a white police officer's fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Eric Holder runs Justice Dept. ‘like the Black Panthers would’: Fox host

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder stops to shake hands with a patron at Drake's Place Restaurant, before his meeting with local community leaders, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. Holder arrived in Missouri on Wednesday, a small group of protesters gathered outside the building where a grand jury could begin hearing evidence to determine whether a Ferguson police officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown should be charged in his death. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)

Eric Holder: Ferguson residents ‘gave me hope’ during visit

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Protesters march in the street as lightning flashes in the distance in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. On Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year old, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Eric Holder: The truth will come out about Ferguson

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

A protester holds roses in the air as she marches with others past police officers in Ferguson, Mo. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)

Latest Ferguson protests are smaller, more subdued; 47 arrested

By Nigel Duara - Associated Press

Attorney General Eric Holder shakes hands with Bri Ehsan, 25, right, following his meeting with students at St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley in Ferguson, Mo., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014. Holder arrived in Missouri on Wednesday, a small group of protesters gathered outside the building where a grand jury could begin hearing evidence to determine whether a Ferguson police officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown should be charged in his death. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Pool)

Eric Holder: ‘Change is coming’ after police shooting in Ferguson

By Jim Suhr - Associated Press

A man stands in the street during a protest Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting has sparked more than a week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

ISTOOK: Holder and Obama must enforce the Anti-Riot Act against agitators now

By Ernest Istook

Police wait to advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd Sunday, during a protest for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo. As night fell Sunday in Ferguson, another peaceful protest quickly deteriorated after marchers pushed toward one end of a street. Police attempted to push them back by firing tear gas and shouting over a bullhorn that the protest was no longer peaceful. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

PHILLIPS: The coming political persecution of Darren Wilson

By Judson Phillips

FILE - This July 14, 2014 file photo shows Attorney General Eric Holder speaking at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder said Thursday he's concerned about police use of military equipment in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Holder: “Concerned” about tensions in Ferguson, MO

Associated Press

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder speaks July 14, 2014, at the Justice Department building in Washington. (Associated Press)

Holder: Equip police officers with heroin antidote

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

**FILE** Attorney General Eric Holder speaks July 14, 2014, at the Justice Department building in Washington. (Associated Press)

Eric Holder has viewed gun prosecutions as a local, not federal matter

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

A protester waves a Texas flag and anti-immigration signs during a protest against people who immigrate illegally, Saturday, July 19, 2014, in Conroe, Texas. Texas Gov. Rick Perry took his border security criticisms to an audience of Hispanic ministers in San Antonio, telling them the federal government should put more Border Patrol troops on the ground and drones in the air to secure the Texas-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Conroe Courier, Jason Fochtman)

CHUMLEY: Border stage set for civil rights-type uprisings

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, right, jokes with New Zealand's Attorney General Chris Finlayson QC, as they chat after posing for a group photograph before an evening dinner in the Grand Hall of Gray's Inn in London, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The Attorneys General from Australia, Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the U.S. are meeting in London for a conference July 9 to 11 to discuss emerging issues and existing trends in fighting international cybercrime. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Eric Holder: ‘Racial animus’ fuels opposition to Obama and me

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

"We're taking a historic step to strengthen our justice system and protect the rights of the most vulnerable members of society," Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said in a statement (Associated Press)

Justice Department doubles down on Operation Choke Point as Congress cries foul

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times