Eric Holder: DOJ Still Conducting Ferguson Probes, Civil Rights “Investigation” to be Completed Soon

Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he will announce results of the Justice Department’s civil rights investigation of the shooting death of Michael Brown, as well as a broader probe of the Ferguson Police Department, before he leaves office in the coming weeks.

Speaking at the National Press Club, Holder said he was briefed last week on the separate investigations.

Holder said he is “confident” that decisions on both will be ready before Loretta Lynch, who has been nominated to replace him by President Barack Obama, is confirmed by the Senate.

Michael Brown, 18, was shot to death by Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9. A St. Louis County grand jury decided to not indict Wilson. The Justice Department launched separate investigations of the shooting and the “patterns and practices” of the police department.

The nomination of Lynch, a U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, has been largely noncontroversial, although Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., announced last week that he would vote against her to protest the Obama administration’s judicial policies. A Senate vote to confirm Lynch could come by early next month, if not sooner. (Read more on what Eric Holder said about the Ferguson probes HERE)

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