Cika wannan jumla: Babban abin da Holder ya bari a matsayin babban lauya shi ne sauya shari'ar ta'addanci zuwa kotunan tarayya na farar hula. A karkashin Holder, Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta yi nasarar gurfanar da 'yan ta'adda da yawa a kotun tarayya, ta tabbatar da hukunce-hukuncen da hukuncin rai da rai a kan jerin wadanda ake tuhuma, ciki har da Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (mai magana da yawun Osama bin Laden);
1998 fashewar bam a Gabashin Afirka); da Abu Hamza (wani dan kungiyar al-Qaeda). Faisal Shahzad (wanda ya yi yunkurin kai harin Times Square); da kuma Omar Farouk Abdulmutallab (wanda ya kasa "mai tayar da bam din tufafi") sun amsa laifin a kotun tarayya kuma an yanke musu hukuncin daurin rai da rai a lokacin mulkin Holder. A lokacin mulkin Holder, wasu 'yan ta'adda - ciki har da Najibullah Zazi (wanda ya shirya harin jirgin karkashin kasa na New York), da Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame (mai goyon bayan al-Shabab) sun amsa laifin su kuma sun yi aiki tare da gwamnati. Matt Olsen, darektan Cibiyar Ta'addanci ta Kasa daga 2011 zuwa 2014, ya rubuta a 2015: "Ta hanyar dagewarsa, Holder ya nuna hikima da darajar gurfanar da 'yan ta'adda a kotunan farar hula kuma ya tabbatar da wannan hanyar ga gwamnatocin gaba".