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On Thursday, embattled Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he would resign his position as soon as a replacement could be named. Before the official announcement, which came Thursday afternoon, MSNBC activist Al Sharpton said his organization, the National Action Network, is "engaged in immediate conversations" with the administration to help name a successor, Business Insider reported.
"We are engaged in immediate conversations with the White House on deliberations over a successor whom we hope will continue in the general direction of Attorney General Holder," Sharpton said. The outspoken liberal host also praised Holder as the "best" on civil rights.
"The resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder is met with both pride and disappointment by the Civil Rights community," Sharpton added. "We are proud that he has been the best Attorney General on Civil Rights in U.S. history and disappointed because he leaves at a critical time when we need his continued diligence most."
The administration did not immediately respond to inquiries about Sharpton's claim, Colin Campbell said. Sharpton responded to BI, saying he is not directly involved in the decision-making process.
"We did not say we are in the decision making. We are in conversation to reach out to them to have meetings about what we want to see in a successor," he said in a statement. "I have personally spoken to Attorney General Eric Holder today to express my views that he was the best civil rights Attorney General in history."
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