Eric Holder told an audience in Paris yesterday that combating corruption is one of the great struggles of our time.

Attorney General Eric Holder told an audience in Paris on Monday that he and President Barack Obama are committed to battling corruption as "one of the great struggles of our time."

He went on to say…

…"corruption erodes, even destroys, the faith of citizens in their governments" and endangers economic stability.

"As I speak, a corrupt official somewhere is enjoying undeserved and illegal proceeds," Holder said. "He may be driving a brand-new luxury car.  She may be filling her off-shore bank account with tainted cash. They may be traveling first-class on all-expenses-paid holidays."

“He” may also be dropping charges against Black Panthers because he likes the cut of their jib. “He” may also be paying off political allies in the form of last minute presidential pardons for crooks.

This is a little like Bernie Madoff declaring war on Ponzi schemes.

Now that Barack Obama is elected, it looks like the New York Times is at least temporarily doing some real reporting.

The Times has discovered that attorney general nominee Eric Holder was more deeply involved with the disgraceful pardon of Marc Rich than his buddies were willing to admit.

If you’ve watched Hannity & Colmes at all since Obama was elected you already know everything in this article, but if you’re a Fox News hater then you should probably read the piece.

Basically, Eric Holder is an unethical hack who went around the DOJ and gave the word to Clinton’s inner circle that he was “neutral leaning toward favorable” on the Rich pardon. The Times takes you through the entire process by which Holder became involved with the Rich pardon to begin with.

Frankly, out of all Obama’s appointments so far it’s Eric Holder that gives me the greatest concern. The Marc Rich pardon was one of a series of bitch moves committed by Holder while he was 2nd in command at DOJ under Clinton.

Holder is the weak link in Obama’s national security team. Holder will likely cower at the feet of the ACLU and allow civil liberties to trump national security. However, if Holder is Obama’s big gift to the far left nuts then I guess it could have been worse.

-Chris Jones