Today brings an interesting development in the Robert Wone civil trial: United States Attorney General Eric Holder is one of the many people who have been called to testify during the proceedings, according to court documents obtained by the blog Who Murdered Robert Wone?.

Holden, who worked at Covington & Burling LLP before he became Attorney General — the same firm where Wone was an associate for six years before his death inside a Dupont Circle rowhouse on August 2, 2006 — is one of the names on the Lists of Fact Witness presented by the defense for Joe Price, Dylan Ward and Victor Zaborsky. Here’s more on the questions that arise from this development from WMRW?:

Shortly after Robert’s murder, Holder committed Covington to represent [Robert Wone’s widow] Katherine Wone pro bono. He participated in the one year anniversary press conference and had some strong language that many thought was directed squarely at the defendants. … We lobbed in a call to the Justice Department’s Public Affairs Office asking for either comment/statement regarding Holder, asking if he was aware of it and if there were DoJ rules on whether AGs can testify in civil proceedings. As of press time, 11:00pmET, we haven’t heard back. How does attorney-client privilege play out here for Holder and [Holder’s former Covington colleague Ben] Razi? Were their statements at the one-year anniversary press conference outside of the privilege context?

The Lists of Fact Witness, which also names a pair of D.C. police officers, can be read in full after the jump.