“Attorney General Eric Holder will announce that he is going to step down from his position, NPR and MSNBC reported on Thursday.
A Justice Department official confirmed to TPM that Holder will resign.
Holder plans to announce his intention to resign at a White House event on Thursday, although he’ll stay on until his successor is confirmed, the Justice Department official said. The attorney general “finalized those plans in an hour-long conversation with the President at the White House residence over Labor Day weekend,” the official said.”* The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz (Turner Classic Movies) and John Iadarola (TYT University) break it down.
*Read more here from Caitiln MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/eric-holder-to-resign