Make no mistake...they see her as a real danger, especially the potential for her to gut their global warming stuff, which is their most potent weapon for the time being.
Make no mistake...Alaska is in the crosshairs in some very diabolical ways.
I don't know why Holder did it. Perhaps you are right about that. One thing is for certain, there is a motive beyond a Republican being treated unfairly.
My initial thinking on this was that Stevens is irrelevant to the Democrats now so they could point to some supposed gesture of fairness when they go on a binge trying to prosecute relevant Republicans in the future.