View from America by Mark Engler.
For more than six years, Eric Holder was the chief law enforcement officer in the United States. Appointed by President Obama as Attorney General in 2009, he served until this spring, when he returned to the law firm of Covington & Burling.
As Attorney General, Holder was responsible for prosecuting the bankers responsible for the financial crisis. To say he was not vigorous in pursing this task is putting it mildly: not a single executive was ever convicted for crimes related to the meltdown.
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