Valerie Jarrett, President Barack Obama’s senior adviser, wouldn’t
lend her support to Attorney General Eric Holder at this week’s
Democratic National Convention when a reporter asked whether she thinks
Holder should resign.
In video footage published by the Washington Times’ Kerry Picket, Jarrett refuses to answer the question “Should Eric Holder resign?” when asked several times. Jarrett keeps walking and her press assistant is heard telling the reporter asking Jarrett the question to contact her instead of Jarrett.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz has not answered when The Daily Caller asked why Jarrett wouldn’t support Holder when a reporter asked that question.
Jarrett’s non-position on Holder now differs from her position in the past. In the summer 2012 book “Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency,” Newsweek’s Daniel Klaidman revealed that Jarrett was “very important” to Holder’s continued tenure as attorney general.
Klaidman reported that Holder considered resigning in fall 2010 during the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed scandal until Jarrett talked him out of it. (RELATED: Author: Jarrett ‘very important’ in Holder continuing as attorney general)
“The loss of his mother, the continuing criticism over [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed], the lashings in the press and Holder’s sense of isolation within the administration had turned his job into a grind,” according to Klaidman’s book. “He woke up on many mornings with a knot in his stomach, not sure if he’s be able to make it through the day. … He told [his wife] Sharon he didn’t know if he had the emotional strength to go on as attorney general. He thought seriously about returning to his Washington law firm.”
Klaidman told TheDC in June that it was Jarrett who helped Holder bounce back from the brink.
In video footage published by the Washington Times’ Kerry Picket, Jarrett refuses to answer the question “Should Eric Holder resign?” when asked several times. Jarrett keeps walking and her press assistant is heard telling the reporter asking Jarrett the question to contact her instead of Jarrett.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz has not answered when The Daily Caller asked why Jarrett wouldn’t support Holder when a reporter asked that question.
Jarrett’s non-position on Holder now differs from her position in the past. In the summer 2012 book “Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency,” Newsweek’s Daniel Klaidman revealed that Jarrett was “very important” to Holder’s continued tenure as attorney general.
Klaidman reported that Holder considered resigning in fall 2010 during the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed scandal until Jarrett talked him out of it. (RELATED: Author: Jarrett ‘very important’ in Holder continuing as attorney general)
“The loss of his mother, the continuing criticism over [Khalid Sheikh Mohammed], the lashings in the press and Holder’s sense of isolation within the administration had turned his job into a grind,” according to Klaidman’s book. “He woke up on many mornings with a knot in his stomach, not sure if he’s be able to make it through the day. … He told [his wife] Sharon he didn’t know if he had the emotional strength to go on as attorney general. He thought seriously about returning to his Washington law firm.”
Klaidman told TheDC in June that it was Jarrett who helped Holder bounce back from the brink.
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