Facing a barrage of questions from reporters, Attorney General Eric Holder said he had ordered an investigation into the IRS's targeting of conservative groups, and that the FBI and Justice Department were coordinating on the matter. Regarding the Justice Department's seizure of the Associated Press’s phone records, he said it was part of an investigation into "a very serious leak.” Holder told reporters that the leak “put the American people at risk and was among the most serious—“if not the most serious”—leak he has ever seen. He said he had recused himself from the leak investigation last year.