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Posted: 2/5/2013 7:19:08 PM EST
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (front R) stands during a joint news conference with federal and state officials to announce a major financial fraud enforcement action at the Justice Department in Washington February 5, 2013. The U.S. government is seeking more than $5 billion in a lawsuit against rating agency Standard & Poor's over mortgage bond ratings, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday. The civil suit against S&P and its parent McGraw-Hill Cos Inc is the first federal enforcement action against a credit rating agency over alleged illegal behavior related to the 2007-2009 U.S. financial crisis. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Posted: 2/5/2013 7:19:08 PM EST
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (C) arrives at a joint news conference to announce a major financial fraud enforcement action at the Justice Department in Washington February 5, 2013. The U.S. government is seeking more than $5 billion in a lawsuit against rating agency Standard & Poor's over mortgage bond ratings, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday. The civil suit against S&P and its parent McGraw-Hill Cos Inc is the first federal enforcement action against a credit rating agency over alleged illegal behavior related to the 2007-2009 U.S. financial crisis. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Posted: 2/5/2013 7:19:08 PM EST
A view shows the Standard & Poor's building in New York's financial district February 5, 2013. The U.S. government is seeking more than $5 billion in a lawsuit against rating agency Standard & Poor's over mortgage bond ratings, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday. The civil suit against S&P and its parent McGraw-Hill Cos Inc is the first federal enforcement action against a credit rating agency over alleged illegal behavior related to the 2007-2009 U.S. financial crisis. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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Posted: 2/5/2013 7:19:08 PM EST
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at a joint news conference with federal and state officials to announce a major financial fraud enforcement action at the Justice Department in Washington February 5, 2013. The U.S. government is seeking more than $5 billion in a lawsuit against rating agency Standard & Poor's over mortgage bond ratings, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday. The civil suit against S&P and its parent McGraw-Hill Cos Inc is the first federal enforcement action against a credit rating agency over alleged illegal behavior related to the 2007-2009 U.S. financial crisis. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Posted: 2/5/2013 7:19:08 PM EST
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (front R) stands during a joint news conference with federal and state officials to announce a major financial fraud enforcement action at the Justice Department in Washington February 5, 2013. The U.S. government is seeking more than $5 billion in a lawsuit against rating agency Standard & Poor's over mortgage bond ratings, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday. The civil suit against S&P and its parent McGraw-Hill Cos Inc is the first federal enforcement action against a credit rating agency over alleged illegal behavior related to the 2007-2009 U.S. financial crisis. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Posted: 2/5/2013 7:19:08 PM EST
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (C) arrives at a joint news conference to announce a major financial fraud enforcement action at the Justice Department in Washington February 5, 2013. The U.S. government is seeking more than $5 billion in a lawsuit against rating agency Standard & Poor's over mortgage bond ratings, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday. The civil suit against S&P and its parent McGraw-Hill Cos Inc is the first federal enforcement action against a credit rating agency over alleged illegal behavior related to the 2007-2009 U.S. financial crisis. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
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Posted: 2/5/2013 2:28:28 PM EST
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The U.S. government accused Standard & Poor's of inflating ratings on mortgage investments to boost its bottom line, taking aim at a key player in the run-up to the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 2/5/2013 2:28:27 PM EST
Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. The U.S. government accused Standard & Poor's of inflating ratings on mortgage investments to boost its bottom line, taking aim at a key player in the run-up to the financial crisis. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Posted: 1/31/2013 4:23:23 AM EST
FILE - The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., right, considers whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this June 20, 2012 file photo. Ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings of Maryland is at left. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa, a California Republican, and ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings of Maryland wrote NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith Monday Jan.28, 2013 to chastise the union for standing in the way of HGH testing and to warn that they might ask players to testify on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, )ile
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Posted: 1/11/2013 8:10:49 PM EST
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd L) is flanked by Eletronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello (L), Entertainment Software Association President and CEO Michael Gallagher (2nd R) and Attorney General Eric Holder (R) as he sits down to a meeting with representatives from the video game industry, in a dialogue about gun violence, in his office in Washington, January 11, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 1/11/2013 8:10:49 PM EST
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd L) is flanked by Eletronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello (L), Entertainment Software Association President and CEO Michael Gallagher (2nd R) and Attorney General Eric Holder (R) as he sits down to a meeting with representatives from the video game industry, in a dialogue about gun violence, in his office in Washington, January 11, 2013. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS)
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Posted: 1/10/2013 12:25:34 PM EST
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (L) listens to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speak to representatives of gun safety and gun violence victims' groups at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, January 9, 2013. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 1/10/2013 2:58:30 AM EST
Vice President Joe Biden, with Attorney General Eric Holder at left, speaks during a meeting with victims' groups and gun safety organizations in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Biden is holding a series of meetings this week as part of the effort he is leading to develop policy proposals in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shooting (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Posted: 1/9/2013 8:30:38 PM EST
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces enforcement actions against UBS Securities Japan Co. Ltd.investment bank at the Justice Department in Washington December 19, 2012. REUTERS/Gary Cameron
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Posted: 1/9/2013 6:23:12 PM EST
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) speaks to representatives of gun safety and gun violence victims' groups in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, January 9, 2013. President Barack Obama is "determined to take action" against gun violence and is weighing possible executive orders aimed preventing further attacks like last month's shooting massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, Biden said on Wednesday. Also pictured is U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (2nd L). REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 1/9/2013 6:23:12 PM EST
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (L) listens to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speak to representatives of gun safety and gun violence victims' groups at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, January 9, 2013. President Barack Obama is "determined to take action" against gun violence and is weighing possible executive orders aimed preventing further attacks like last month's shooting massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, Biden said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 1/9/2013 6:23:12 PM EST
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd L) speaks to representatives of gun safety and gun violence victims' groups in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, January 9, 2013. President Barack Obama is "determined to take action" against gun violence and is weighing possible executive orders aimed preventing further attacks like last month's shooting massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, Biden said on Wednesday. Also pictured is U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (L). REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 1/9/2013 6:23:12 PM EST
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (2nd L) speaks to representatives of gun safety and gun violence victims' groups in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, January 9, 2013. President Barack Obama is "determined to take action" against gun violence and is weighing possible executive orders aimed preventing further attacks like last month's shooting massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, Biden said on Wednesday. Also pictured is U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (L). REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 1/9/2013 6:23:12 PM EST
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) speaks to representatives of gun safety and gun violence victims' groups in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, January 9, 2013. President Barack Obama is "determined to take action" against gun violence and is weighing possible executive orders aimed preventing further attacks like last month's shooting massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, Biden said on Wednesday. Also pictured is U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (2nd L). REUTERS/Larry Downing
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Posted: 1/9/2013 6:23:12 PM EST
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (L) listens to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speak to representatives of gun safety and gun violence victims' groups at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, January 9, 2013. President Barack Obama is "determined to take action" against gun violence and is weighing possible executive orders aimed preventing further attacks like last month's shooting massacre at a Connecticut elementary school, Biden said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Larry Downing