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Eric Holder joins the anti-Trump resistance ‐ and mulls a presidential campaign of his own
His goal: to lead the legal resistance to Donald Trump’s agenda -- and perhaps even run against the president in 2020. Seized by a sense of urgency to oppose Trump and restore what he regards as America’s best self, Holder is mulling a White House bid of his own, according to three sources who have spoken to him and are familiar with his thinking. "Up to now, I have been more behind-the-scenes," Holder told Yahoo News in an exclusive interview about his plans. "But that’s about to change. I have a certain status as the former attorney general. A certain familiarity as the first African-American attorney general. There’s a justified perception that I’m close to President Obama. So I want to use whatever skills I have, whatever notoriety I have, to be effective in opposing things that are, at the end of the day, just bad for the country. "Now is the time to be more visible," Holder added. "Now is the time to be heard." On Monday morning, Holder launched this new phase of his career by traveling to California to speak out. Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-20 |
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