February 2, 2009

Vitter Vote against Holder Nomination

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Sen. David Vitter today issued the following statement explaining his intention to vote against Eric Holder, President Obama’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General.

“I'm afraid Eric Holder just doesn't pass the basic test of political independence. In the Clinton administration, he advanced the Mark Rich pardon, which FBI Director Louis Freeh correctly called a ‘corrupt act.’ And he bowed to leftist pressure in helping promote clemency for 16 members of Fuerzas Armadas de Liberation National (FALN) and Los Macheteros, terrorist organizations linked by the FBI to more than 130 bombings and six murders. That's not grounds for a big promotion in my mind,” said Vitter.