Politics | President Obama Holder Changes Ethics Boss at Justice Dept. Move comes one day after judge's criticism over Stevens case By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Apr 8, 2009 3:42 PM CDT Copied In this Feb. 25, 2009, file photo, Attorney General Eric Holder listens during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File) Attorney General Eric Holder says he's shifting some office heads at the Justice Department and putting a career Washington prosecutor in charge of the internal ethics unit. Mary Patrice Brown will lead the Office of Professional Responsibility, which drew criticism from a federal judge this week for the handling of former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' prosecution last fall, the AP reports. Yesterday, the judge ordered a criminal investigation into whether Justice Department attorneys violated the law in the Stevens case. Justice officials say the department changes aren't related. Holder moved the current chief of the ethics unit to lead the executive office of US attorneys, and he shifted the person in that position to acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Read These Next Negative press coverage should get TV licenses yanked, Trump says. Here's what late-night hosts had to say about Jimmy Kimmel. Autopsy is in for Black student found hanged from tree at college. FCC chair might 'look into' The View next. Report an error