The issue focused on legislation introduced by Attorney General Eric Holder that gave federal prosecutors broad discretion to pursue criminal charges against medical marijuana dispensaries even when federal law prohibited such prosecutions.


McConnell noted that Holder had authorized prosecutors to sue marijuana dispensaries even though federal law prohibited such prosecutions. He noted that Holder had authorized prosecutors to sue marijuana dispensaries even though federal law prohibited such prosecutions.


McConnell asked Holder whether federal prosecutors could sue dispensaries even though federal law prohibited such prosecutions. Holder replied that federal prosecutors could sue dispensaries even