STATEMENT BY FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER
The Attorney General’s unwise and ill-informed decision to reverse the progress being made in the Department of Justice's criminal justice reform efforts ignores a rare bipartisan political consensus that has formed around sentencing reform efforts and will take this nation back to a discredited past. In removing the discretion I vested in the men and women of the Department of Justice to seek justice for the unique circumstances that each case presents, this administration reveals its lack of faith in their judgment and integrity.