Eric Holder actually said...

"We don't want to criminalize policy differences that might exist between the outgoing administration and the administration that is about to take over."

"It seems to me it is difficult to imagine a set of circumstances... that the President would be acting in an appropriate way given the Jackson construct."

"I look forward to that report, and I will do all that I can to ensure that as much of that is made public as is possible."

"I think that given all that I have described that what the President did was reasonable."