Posted February 13, 2017 12:05 pm by Comments

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

Eric Holder
Eric Holder
Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch

Washington, DC-(Ammoland.com)- Judicial Watch announced today that on January 12, 2017, it obtained records from the California Legislature Joint Rules Committee revealing that the Legislature will pay the law firm of former Obama U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. $25,000 a month for 40 hours of work each month for providing “legal strategies regarding potential actions of the federal government that may be of concern to the State of California.” The contract precludes any other litigation or advocacy work.

The records came in response to a January 9, 2017, Legislative Open Records Act request seeing the following:

  • All contracts between the California Legislature and former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. or Covington and Burling.
  • All communications between the California Legislature and former U. S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. or Covington and Burling about the Legislature’s retention of Holder and/or Covington and Burling.

On January 4, California legislative leaders announced that they had hired Holder to assist them in anticipated federal challenges to several state policies such as climate change and immigration.

In a statement, Kevin de Leon, California Senate President Pro Tempore said, “With the upcoming change in …Read the Rest

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