eric holder gave a speech and said, blatant racism, we got that covered. someone like donald sterling? we have got that covered. it is the pernicious racism we have to deal with. i read the speech 100 times. he talked about three things. one was the movement toward voter photo id. majority of black support is for photo id. the supreme court decision written by john paul stevens said there was an interest in election integrity by states passing photo voter id. the majority of blacks support voter photo id. the second example is the fact blacks who commit the same crimes as white people will get a sentence 12.5% longer. he quoted the u.s. sentencing commission and that is true. what he did not say is the same commission said the reason is because the average black criminal has more convictions, which judges take into consideration. the third thing he said was pernicious racism is that black boys are kicked out of school more often than white boys. also true. he sued the decatur, illinois school district when they kicked out black kids fighting after a footba

afternoon and welcome to the national press club for book event featuring former attorney general eric holder and bestselling author sam koppelman. i'm mike balsamo. lee, justice and law enforcement reporter for associated press and national press club secretary. we are looking forward to a robust discussion today and are happy to take your questions as well from the audience. if you have a question please write them on the cards on your seat and you can hand them to kate right there in the back. 2022 may be the year of the gerrymander. states are grappling with population after the 2020 census and that means legislatures are the throes of redrawing election maps. groups on both sides of the aisle have called foul and are taking their cases to the courts. judges thrown out, republican drawn redistrict maps in ohio, north carolina and pennsylvania and democratic drawn maps in new york and maryland. republicans have called democrat strategy sue until. it's blue. democrats have called the republican efforts undemocratic, radically motivated. gerrymandering that intends to suppress the votes of m

bias in policing, those are two readily found with very little evidence and senator, back to the eric holder point. i would like to read this quote so people know what i'm talking about. in 2013 he said "too many people go to too many prisons for far too long for no good law-enforcement reason. we need to ensure that incarceration is used to punish, detour, and rehabilitate, not merely to warehouse. and forget." well, your final reaction to that, senator, given the news tonight? >> well, i think most citizens in memphis which this killer had spent more than just a few years in jail for his crimes. eliza fletcher and her family wish her killer had spent more time in jail than you did for his heinous crimes. prison is there not only to punish and deter but also to incapacitate. as you suggested, some people simply need to be locked up to get this country safe. if they are depraved murderers, they need to be executed. something the biden administration has refused to do for the day they took office even though there are still federal prisoners sitting on death row, something the democratic left

afternoon and welcome to the national press club for book event featuring former attorney general eric holdernd bestselling author sam koppelman. i'm mike balsamo. lee, justice and law enforcement reporter for associated press and national press club secretary. we are looking forward to a robust discussion today and are happy to take your questions as well from the audience. if you have a question please write them on the cards on your seat and you can hand them to kate right there in the back. 2022 may be the year of the gerrymander. states are grappling with population after the 2020 census and that means legislatures are the throes of

that was signed in 2012 another reason we're seeing breakdown in law and order here since 2012, eric holder then president obama's department of justice hit and mitch andrew which was our infrastructure czar then mayor of new orleans sign this decree over the new orleans plpgd. what that means is, cops can't do their jobs. they're drowning in paperwork. they can't pursue nonviolent defenders and they can't use force when someone is resisting them they have to sit there and wait and take it. this is why people are leaving the force. and it is why private citizens are now contemplating private police forces in the french quarters and around town. >> this is why we start to see vigilante justices and i'll dig in this this is not the first or last time we're covering this. thank you all gentlemen you got it brother nick where a 41-year-old man is facing charption and what authorities say is a politically motivated death of a teenager. the suspect hit and killed 18-year-old kehler i'm sorry after a political argument because the teen was reportedly republican. police said he fled the scene. but

eric holder gave a speech and said blatant racism, we've got that covered.terling we've got that covered. it's the pernicious racism that we've got to deal with and i read the speech may be 100 times. number one was the movement towards voter photo id. majority of blacks report photo id. the supreme court ruled 6-3 with the supreme court opinion written as the most civil justice 6-3 that there was a interest in election integrity by states passing photo variety. the majority of blacks voter id. the second example he gave is the fact that blacks who commit the same crime will get a longer sentence to about 12.5% longer, and he quoted the sentencing commission at the source and it's true. what he didn't say he is the same thing the reason for this is the average black criminal has more convictions which judges take into consideration when they do sentencing. the third thing that he said is black boys are kicked out of schoolol more often than white boys. also true. he sued the illinois district years ago when they kicked out a bunch of kids who were fighting a

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security after we broke the story on your show tuesday,d night that there was ae a whistleblower named eric holder saying that they had all the intelligencinge warning that there was going to be a riot on january 6th, didn't prepare forepar. he now has confirmed that there are multiple capitol police officers that have come forward and sought whistleblower protection and allege the exact same thing, that intelligence was ignored. , more this event could have been prevented with more resources, more planning, more equipment and maybe even accepting the national guard thatrump hat president had offered through the pentagon. we hear as many as 10 whistle blowers is what i'm hearing tonight. >> wow. that's a big story.. g let me let me go to you,owitz, jason chaffetz. i know you know michael horowitz. i know you stay in touch. you've been hearing about the 20 plus fbi whistleblowers talking about how the bureau has been politicized, how there is an abuse of power. many, like myself, are worried the doj has been weaponized on top of all of that. do you think a church liken bemmittee is necessary based

his name is eric holder. d militahe's a decorated army my veteran. homes an intelligence analyst. he was one of the best at the capitol police and he now works for the homelandays that y department. he's so trusted, he says thaaltw he wrote a memo. actually , we have the memo on january 9th, three days after the terriblee riots occurred, he wrote a memo to all his bosses saying, listen, there's no way t so sugarcoaugat this. e in wetell knew in advance of all of this intelligence and we didn't act on it. th we failed. we've got to learn from it.no we can't cover it.o spin this other than we had a opportunity there's no way to spin this other than we had an opportunity stop. and he talks aboutfell how nsaos knowing that his fellow intelli officers went out thergeerovide on january six , completely hi the intelligence he provided his bosses. this is nfa devastating whistle blower. irmed ini have confirmed is working with capitol hill republicans. hous e republicans workingdney on the house administration ifmmittee, rep. rodney davis, they've interviewed him c and several other whist

eric holder made the similar point before the public hears began that perhaps one of the greatest services of the public phase would be to sort of socialize the idea and familiarize the public with the broader body of evidence that may come under scrutiny by doj. and this will always be the week that the courts called out donald trump. they called his bluff on his claims that he magically declassified document that's kept at his club just by thinking it. we'll talk about what is next in that investigation as well as donald trump's growing legal jeopardy. and the scandals keep filing up for the midterm candidates, one involving a candidate who reportedly lied about giving to charity and another who lied about serving in afghanistan. and another whose testimony led to the investigation that threatens to bring down the trump family business. michael cohen will join our discussion. michael cohen will join our discussion shingles. some describe it as pulsing electric shocks or sharp, stabbing pains. ♪♪ this painful, blistering rash can disrupt your life for weeks. a pain so intense, you could m

having seen the disastrous politicalization of the justice department under former attorney general eric holder and loretta lynch. attorney general garland said this, he said, quote, i will never make a decision in the department based on politics or partisanship. i took him at his word. i hoped we wouldn't see a return to the days when people saw double standards play out in the justice department based on who happened to be in office, who happened to be investigating. but clearly, under attorney general garland's leadership, the department of justice has pointed its arrows toward concerned parents, for example, who are exercising their first amendment rights to speak up about their children's education. attorney general garland sued the state of georgia and the state of texas, for example, claiming that ballot integrity measures that were within the prerogative of the states to pass were somehow suppressing the public's right to vote. we're going to start voting in about 50 days from now. that's the main election date. in texas, we'll start voting a full two weeks before that date, where, wit

killing grammy winning rapper nipsey hustle, will be sentenced in los angeles court. 32 year old eric holderd guilty in july of first degree murder. he could be sentenced to life in prison without parole holder shot and killed hustle in 2019 after an argument his public defender acknowledges holder killed hustle but says the shooting was not premeditated. the defense attorney says hustle angered holder by telling him about rumors he was giving police information about crimes and the people committing them. another schools are back in session. many parents and educators are demanding to know how their school would react to an active shooter. there are now centers that teach police how to respond . one of them is the advanced law enforcement rapid response training center is located at texas state university. instructors simulate active shooter situation so law enforcement officers will know to how to react if they ever have to deal with the real thing. if you look at extremely violent events like an actor share event, most police officers will go through their entire career and never shoot at

. >> can the department of justice -- i know when eric holder was attorney general, they were suing statesi know that there's litigation pending around this very same provision, specifically litigation that came to light right after true the vote came in and tried to remove those 364,000 voters. and according to federal law, you cannot systematically remove large numbers of voters within the 90-day blackout period. so i believe we will see litigation move forward, given the federal protections that we have in place. but again, in a state like georgia, where it's this close to an election, the results of that litigation is not going to be before this november election. >> and it is not coincidental that the ticket, the democrats who are running, are yourself, representative bee nguyen, running for secretary of state, stacey abrams running for governor, who, as you said, came within a hair of brian kemp when he became governor after purging more than -- i think it was something like 35,000 people in the rolls, and of course, senator raphael warnock, who's running against herschel walker. how

killing grammy winning rapper nipsey hustle, will be sentenced in the los angeles court. 32 year old eric holderurder. he could be sentenced to life in prison without parole holder shot and killed. hustle in 2019 after an argument. it was a big day for the music program at one southern california elementary school, the students got a visit from a music legend and a huge donation to keep their music going. smokey robinson watched and listened as the miramonte school in south los angeles performed my girl a song he wrote and recorded with the temptations back in 1964. robinson praised the band's performance, saying it was better than he could perform at their age. i love kids still have access to music at this school because many schools don't have that. do not have music programs. we have any extracurricular activities. he was also there when the hot topic foundation presented the school with a $1 million check to help keep their music program at 82 years old smokey robinson is still performing as well. on saturday, he will be on stage at the mountain winery in saratoga, and then he will play a g