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Home Front: Politix
Eric Holder joins the anti-Trump resistance ‐ and mulls a presidential campaign of his own
2017-06-20
[Yahoo] LOS ANGELES -- More than two years after leaving the Obama administration, former Attorney General Eric Holder is reentering the political fray.

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

#7  Hopefully he launches his campaign from inside a Mexican federal prison.

FIFY
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-06-20 16:36  

#6  Did Holder ever pick up a criminal contempt charge in Congress over Fast and Furious? There was also a civil contempt charge in the courts over his failure to release request called for documents in F & F.
Posted by: JohnQC   2017-06-20 11:43  

#5  I hold him in contempt, too
Posted by: Frank G   2017-06-20 09:58  

#4  ...whatever notoriety I have,

A rather interesting choice of word there...
Posted by: Raj   2017-06-20 09:50  

#3   "I have a certain status as the former attorney general."

Yeah, as a lying, scheming sack of bull hockey nuts. Also, a conspirator to commit murder.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2017-06-20 09:48  

#2  On Monday morning, Holder launched this new phase of his career by traveling to California to speak out.

President of the Republic of California ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-06-20 08:57  

#1  Hopefully he launches his campaign from inside a federal prison.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-06-20 08:54  

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