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Eric Holder is a prominent Democratic attorney and former U.S. Attorney General, serving under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2015. Born on January 21, 1951, in the District of Columbia, Holder was the first African American to hold the position of Attorney General. He is known for his work on civil rights issues, criminal justice reform, and voting rights. During his tenure, he emphasized the importance of addressing systemic inequalities and was involved in high-profile cases, including those related to gun control and immigration reform.
Well, yes, I mean, we won a case in Alabama with two Trump judges, who said black people in Alabama do not have adequate representation when it comes to the congressional delegation. You need to redraw the maps in such a way they do have…
This is a court that is -- at least with regard to five of its members, are pretty radical, and not at all feeling that they have to be bound by the notion of precedence.
They have turned their back on precedent in reaching this apparent decision about Roe vs. Wade.
By the end of this investigative process, you`re going to find that Donald Trump has done the necessary things to meet all of the elements of a variety of statutes, and also will be have shown to have the requisite intent in doing those…
I have great faith in Merrick and the people at the Justice Department. We won`t really know how aggressive they have been until they are before a camera and announcing a decision either to indict certain people or not indict certain…
Given what we have learned, I think that he probably has to be held accountable.
The system is not right. The system needs to be changed. And we need to bring about the structural changes that will put us back to being with a democracy that we talked about in our funding documents.
Indicting a former president brings into bear a whole bunch of things. It`s going to be unbelievably divisive.
I don`t think there`s any question that, as I`ve said, by the end of this investigative process, you`re going to find the Donald Trump has done the necessary things to meet all of the elements, variety of statutes, and also we have showed…
But if nothing else Donald Trump was a norm breaker, and he has taken us to a place where a consideration of a prosecution of a former president, and his closest allies.
I am an institutionalist. My initial thought was not to indict the former president out of concern of what how divisive it would be. But given what we have learned, I think that he probably has to be held accountable.
I think that there`s going to be significant factual information and I think that there`s going to be sufficient proof of intent. And then the question becomes, what`s the impact of such an indictment?
At some point, people at the Justice Department, perhaps that prosecutor in Atlanta, are going to have to make a determination about whether or not they want to indict Donald Trump.
Mike Lee must be confronted about his -- quote -- 'actions to subvert our electoral process and held accountable.'
He must be held accountable for engaging with that coup plot amidst all of these new texts that are leaking out.
I think that the use of the seditious conspiracy charge is something that is extremely significant.
We stand for democracy. We stand for the voters having a say in the direction of this nation.
Our democracy is at stake... The passage of these bills is critical. The voter suppression that`s going on is unbelievable.
Yes, it`s likely that this is not going to be a good night for democracy. But that doesn`t mean that the battle ends tonight. It means that, you know, I`ll be working with Marc, and we`ll be coming up with more lawsuits.
We have to get ready for the possibility that these bills are not going to become law. And so, we`re going to continue doing work that I`ve been doing with the National Democratic redistricting committee to fight partisan and racial…
When you couple gerrymandering with voter suppression and the subversion of our electoral infrastructure, which is going on throughout the country under the auspices of Republican governors and legislators, the future of our democracy is…
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