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(3,910 posts) Thu Jul 9, 2015, 11:12 AM Jul 2015

Eric Holder Now Defending Banking Criminals: A Return to His Roots

Protecting Wall Street thugs has finally paid off for former Attorney General Eric Holder as he’s returning to his old job at the Covington & Burling law firm, reported Salon. Covington & Burling is a corporate law firm that defends Wall Street criminals.

As Attorney General, Holder made approximately $200,000 a year. When Holder left Covington & Burling, he was making over $2 million a year. He will likely go back to that salary, if he isn’t paid more.

Ring of Fire’s Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins discuss this.

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Eric Holder Now Defending Banking Criminals: A Return to His Roots (Original Post) GoLeft TV Jul 2015 OP

So the Holder-bashing from the left just boils down to old fashioned lawyer hating....and envy? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #1

Holder-bashing. That must be it. We from the "Professional Left" are just "haters" RufusTFirefly Jul 2015 #2

"Professional Left"! Your incorrectly capitalized and vague strawman words, not mine. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #3

Actually, it's "Professional Left" and those are Joe Gibbs' words, not mine RufusTFirefly Jul 2015 #4

I wouldn' be surprised if Obama has a office in the same bonniebgood Jul 2015 #5

Fred Sanders

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1. So the Holder-bashing from the left just boils down to old fashioned lawyer hating....and envy?

Reply to GoLeft TV (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 11:45 AM

Jul 2015

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

2. Holder-bashing. That must be it. We from the "Professional Left" are just "haters"

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:14 PM

Jul 2015

What other possible explanation could there be?

Fred Sanders

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3. "Professional Left"! Your incorrectly capitalized and vague strawman words, not mine.

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:20 PM

Jul 2015

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

4. Actually, it's "Professional Left" and those are Joe Gibbs' words, not mine

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 12:26 PM

Jul 2015

The press secretary dismissed the “professional left” in terms very similar to those used by their opponents on the ideological right, saying, “They will be satisfied when we have Canadian healthcare and we’ve eliminated the Pentagon. That’s not reality.”

White House unloads anger over criticism from 'professional left’

I'll concede that the capitalization was my own doing. So sue me. (Maybe you can hire Holder, although I doubt it would be lucrative enough for him to take the case.)

You don't catch even a vague whiff of conflict of interest in Holder's job change? Good for you.

bonniebgood

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5. I wouldn' be surprised if Obama has a office in the same

Reply to GoLeft TV (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2015, 01:39 PM

Jul 2015

firm waiting for him when he's out of office.

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