Attorney General Holder considered resigning, book says

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Source: Washington Post

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., depressed about his isolation in the Obama administration, growing criticism by the media and his mother’s death, considered resigning two years ago, according to a book being released Tuesday.

Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Obama and a Holder friend, persuaded him to stay, according to Daniel Klaidman in “Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency.”

“This will not be good for you and it will not be good for your friend, the president,” Jarrett told Holder in a scene recounted by Klaidman, a Newsweek special correspondent and the magazine’s former managing editor.

Although that period in his tenure was marked by tension, Holder’s relationship with the White House has improved greatly since the departure of two senior aides, Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and his senior adviser David Axelrod, several former and current Justice Department officials said Monday. “Now, Eric Holder is very comfortable wearing the mantle of attorney general, because he feels he has allies within the White House and not the detractors he had before,” said one former Justice official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters.

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[Angry Dragon]

1. He should have quit .............

[Katashi_itto]

2. Gutless wunderkind...why doesnt he just resign now and do us a favor.

[jerseyjack]

3. We should all right letters telling him to reconsider.

He is as useless as my left nut.

[tularetom]

4. Thanks a lot, Valerie Jarrett

If you only kept your big mouth shut, he might have left.

There's still time for Holder to redeem himself (Scott Walker prosecution, investigation of voter suppression in various states, end of harassment of medical marijuana users, etc.) but I have my doubts.

[avebury]

5. He should have been fired long ago. nt

[Myrina]

6. ... he still can. And take Arne Duncan with him.

n/t

[Egalitarian Thug]

7. Too bad he didn't go with his gut. The world would be a better place if he had. n/t

[cstanleytech]

9. I'll pass on going with the gut, last time someone in power in our country did that they

got us bogged down in a war in Iraq.

[Egalitarian Thug]

11. Understood, but idiot son didn't go with his gut, he came into office trying to gin up some

reason to go to war in Iraq. Read Richard Clarke's first book, 9/11 was just the excuse he needed to do what he was already trying to make happen.

[BlueIris]

8. He should have resigned more than a year ago.

Every day he stays, the stain on the Admin just widens.

[drynberg]

10. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE, ERIC!

You can leave now, and as for one, can honestly say you won't be missed. The revolving door of Wall Street is calling and you've taken several for the team. Perhaps our President can then hire a much more effective AG, you know one who defends the US Constitution. Forget Jarrett, now is a great time, please leave.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

12. If he considered it once, what's wrong with considering it again?

[crunch60]

13. Holder, never to late to reconsider leaving your post, second time around

a charm, were all rooting for ya! You can do it... See, I'm not comfortable with you "wearing the mantle of attorney general" even though you now seem to be.