Ep. 347 – Eric Holder (TV)

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2019

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Former Attorney General Eric Holder joins David on the CNN edition of the Axe Files to discuss potential impeachment proceedings, his advice for 2020 candidates, the long-term implications of Trump’s attacks on our institutions, and the arc of his historic career which ultimately led him to become the nation’s first African American Attorney General. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axe Files,
0:12.5	with your host, David Axelrod.
0:15.6	They sat down with Eric Holder, who served as a very consequential attorney general for
0:23.7	the first six years of President Obama's administration.
0:27.0	We talked about that, his life, his career, and the state of justice, and the justice
0:33.2	department in the era of Trump.
0:46.4	Great to be with you again here in Washington, where Congress is back in session, impeachment
0:52.2	in the air, impeachment talk.
0:54.4	I want to talk to you about the arc of your life and your career, but before we do, I
0:59.7	want to draw on your expertise.
1:01.2	You came to this town 43 years ago and you worked in the public integrity unit of the justice
1:07.3	department.
1:08.3	Do you believe there are grounds for impeachment for Congress to proceed with impeachment?
1:13.3	I don't think there's any doubt about that.
1:16.4	If you look at just the Mueller report, there are grounds there for impeachment.
1:22.4	There were ten specifications of possible obstruction of justice.
1:25.8	I think that at least four of those are pretty solid.
1:29.9	The attempt to get McGahn to do certain things, try to do things with the, get sessions to
1:37.2	take over the investigation.
1:39.3	Well, I think there's clearly a basis for impeachment on the basis of Mueller, and then in addition,
1:45.2	your monuments clause stuff.
1:47.0	No, I think.
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