Republican state legislators critical of the contract with Mr. Holder’s firm allege the arrangement is unconstitutional, while Democratic defenders insist the legislative branch is exempt from the state constitution’s regulation on civil-service employees, Fox reported. Even so, Mr. Holder engaged in strategy meetings Tuesday with top officials in both the legislature and the executive branch in Democrat-dominated Sacramento. This is reportedly Mr. Holder’s first such visit since being retained as independent counsel. The Washington Times story here > Eric Holder’s law firm paid $25K a month by California taxpayers to fight Trump policies: Report