Tuesday Press Conference at Nat’l Press Club: Civil Rights Leaders to Condemn Contempt Vote on Attorney General

Media 06.25.12

WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, June 26th, at Noon EST, civil rights leaders representing diverse communities will hold a press conference to denounce the expected vote this week in the U.S. House on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

This politically motivated attack on Holder is intended to have a chilling effect on the Department of Justice’s vigorous enforcement of the right to vote, protection of homeowners from predatory lending, and defense of the federal government from state overreach on immigration laws.

WHO:

  • Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Rev. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network  
  • Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP  
  • Marc Morial, president and CEO of the Urban League
  • Melanie Campbell, president and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
  • Mee Moua, president of the Asian American Justice Center
  • Paloma Zuleta, director of external affairs for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)

WHAT: Press conference of civil rights leaders condemning House vote on contempt of Congress regarding Attorney General Eric Holder 

WHEN: Tuesday, June 26th at Noon

WHERE:

RSVP REQUESTED: to [email protected] / 202.466.2061