The Ciquita (yes, that bananas) was accused of having paid money to Colombian terrorists in exchange for protection for his crops, and to defend himself turned to Eric Holder, a former prosecutor became one of the largest and well-connected Washington lawyer with the Justice Department. Holder is now about to become the head of that Department of Justice and Attorney General appointed by Obama. His 25 years of service in institutions, first as an active anti-corruption prosecutor, then as a judge and then as deputy attorney general in the Clinton administration. But it is in 8 years as a lawyer that Holder, 57, made his fortune and gained considerable fame, and it is for these 8 years will face a tough Senate confirmation hearing on his appointment. If confirmed, would be the Attorney General with the highest number of years of private practice behind it, and if the proponents consider ideal for his experience of the law in all its aspects, is an opportunity for Republicans to put difficulties in the newborn Cabinet of Obama. Some Republicans have already made it to the press want to put pressure Holder for possible conflicts of interest relating to its former clients and its links with major corporations.
"For eight years we have had an administration that has closed both eyes to the criminals of the big companies," says Terry Collingsworth, an attorney at this time is facing in its court Holder in the case-Ciquita "We need someone with his level of experience to clean up the department. But I have some concerns and I hope that his work in defense of some corporations would not influence his new job and how it operates cases. Among the largest customers of
Holder there were also NFL, National Football League, the pharmaceutical company Merck, and even for a short period, even Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, who hired him to investigate possible infiltration criminals in the development of a proposed casino.
At that time, Blagojevich announced that er Holder was hired as a "special investigator" with a $ 300,000 contract. Holder is not ha fatto riferimento a questa circostanza nelle sue risposte scritte alle domande della Commissione Giustizia del Senato, fatto che gli è costato dure critiche. Lo staff di Holder ha imputato questa omissione a una semplice dimenticanza, e al fatto che l'accordo con Blagojevich non andò a buon fine. Tuttavia alcuni componenti Repubblicani della Commissione hanno fatto richiesta all'ufficio del Governatore per poter visionare tutti i documenti relativi al fallito accordo, e la Senatrice della Pennsylvania Arlene Specter ha pubblicamente messo in discussione l'indipendenza di Holder per il suo nuovo ruolo.
Fonte: New York Times
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