US ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER TO ANNOUNCE RESIGNATION (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Thursday, September 25, 2014, 11:05

Eric Holder, the United States’ first black attorney general, will announce later on Thursday that he plans to resign from his post as soon as a successor can be confirmed. President Barack Obama will make a statement about Holder’s resignation from the White House Thursday afternoon.

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi confirmed Holder’s resignation during a meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus, where he had been due to speak.

The news, first reported minutes earlier by National Public Radio, drew gasps from many in the audience and a panel including several prominent African American politicians.

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