Holder ‘Not Involved’ in AP Probe

Attorney General Eric Holder was grilled during a Justice Department oversight hearing amid a barrage of controversies that have Washington on the defensive, from the IRS targeting conservative groups to the Justice Department’s seizure of Associated Press phone records.

When asked about his department’s confiscation of phone records from AP journalists as part of a leak investigation, Holder said he was “not familiar with the reasons why the subpoena was constructed in the way that it was.” He added that he was “not involved” in approving a decision for such a broad-scope investigation.

Regarding cracking down on financial institutions like the IRS, he stressed that “banks are not too big to jail” and that any proven cases of wrongdoing will be brought to justice. Read more at The Washington Post.

{Andy Heller-Matzav.com Newscenter}