Eric Holder Blames the “Process” (Mafia Attorneys: Please Don’t Read This)

I just love how Attorney General Eric Holder blames an inanimate “process” for his own failure in a quote cited at the end of this Legal Times blog post:

“While I made a good faith effort to fully answer the Committee’s questions in my initial submission,” Holder wrote, “it appears that the process I used to search manually and electronically for relevant material from my three decades in public life was deficient.”

Should we have confidence the errors were inadvertent, when the Attorney General sees such a need to couch his terms?

I wonder how many defendants being prosecuted by DOJ for obstruction of justice will now use this defense before a jury:

“While I made a good faith effort to fully comply with the Justice Department’s subpoena, it appears that the process I used to search manually and electronically for relevant material was deficient.”

Defense lawyers may have a bit of fun with this one. Here’s hoping the ones who do are defending innocent people.


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