Tea party petition to prosecute Eric Holder nears 1 million signers

A tea party group that launched a petition drive to prosecute U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder reported on its Facebook page that nearly 1 million have signed on — and the movement is only growing by the minute.

The petition from TheTeaParty.net states, in part: “A person is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. That’s not the case, however, in Obama’s America when he needs to manipulate the people for his own political expediency. Who can he always rely on to be his hatchet man? None other than Attorney General Eric Holder. Do you stand with us in calling for Holder’s resignation and prosecution?”

Signing the online petition sends a letter directly to the signer’s congressional representatives, the site reported. And the group reports on its Facebook page that “we are almost at one million letters.”

The petition doesn’t list any particular grievance that’s of issue to the group — but social media users who posted comments below the petition supplied some insights.