Holder omitted Blagojevich link from questionnaire

Eric Holder (right) appears at a March 24, 2004, news conference with Gov. Blagojevich.




Announced as a ‘special investigator to the Illinois Gaming Board’ in 2004
December 17, 2008 - BY CHRIS FUSCO - Sun Times

Before Eric Holder was President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be attorney general, he was Gov. Blagojevich's pick to sort out a mess involving Illinois' long-dormant casino license.
Blagojevich and Holder appeared together at a March 24, 2004, news conference to announce Holder's role as "special investigator to the Illinois Gaming Board" -- a post that was to pay Holder and his Washington, D.C. law firm up to $300,000. Holder, however, omitted that event from his 47-page response to a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire made public this week -- an oversight he plans to correct after a Chicago Sun-Times inquiry, Obama's transition team indicated late Tuesday. Continues here...