The Justice Department said Tuesday that Attorney General Eric Holder recused himself last year from a national security leak probe in which prosecutors obtained the phone records of Associated Press journalists.
The decision to seek the records was made by Deputy Attorney General Jim Cole who is leading the investigation, said a DOJ official who asked not to be named.
"As the Attorney General testified in June 2012, he was interviewed by the FBI in connection with the investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified information," the official said. "To avoid any potential appearance of a conflict of interest, the Attorney General recused himself from this matter."
The leak probe is exploring how the AP learned of a counter-terrorism investigation in Yemen last year that involved efforts to bomb an aircraft headed for the U.S.
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