How Is DOJ Doing? (with Eric Holder)

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🗓️ 16 June 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Eric Holder is the third longest-serving Attorney General in American history, holding the role from 2009 to 2015 under President Barack Obama. He’s written a new book on voting rights called Our Unfinished March: The Violent Past and Imperiled Future of the Vote. Holder joins Preet to discuss the likelihood that the Department of Justice will indict former President Trump, his fight against partisan gerrymandering, and what he makes of so-called “progressive prosecutors.” Plus, the latest on the House January 6th Committee hearings: the allegation that GOP lawmakers sought presidential pardons for their roles in the Big Lie, and an eyebrow-raising testimony from a former White House lawyer. In the bonus for CAFE Insiders, Preet and Attorney General Holder discuss their unsuccessful joint effort to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who the 9/11 Commission called the “principal architect of the 9/11 attacks,” in a civilian court in Manhattan. Mohammed, more commonly known as KSM, remains in detention at Guantanamo Bay. To listen, try the membership for just $1 for one month: cafe.com/insider. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/how-is-doj-doing-with-eric-holder/ Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.
0:06.4	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.7	If I were the AG, I would expect at some point a prosecution memo that would probably lay
0:15.8	out all the reasons why charges should be brought against, you know, the former president
0:21.2	other people in the White House people at the Justice Department and then people outside
0:34.8	of government.
0:36.5	That's Eric Holder.
0:37.5	He served as the United States Attorney General in the Obama Administration from 2009 to
0:39.5	2015.
0:41.0	Since leaving office, Holder, who is the first African American to lead the Justice Department,
0:45.8	has focused on voting rights.
0:47.7	He has written a new book on the subject called Our Unfinished March, The Violent Past,
0:52.5	and Imperald Future of the Vote.
0:54.6	The former Attorney General joins me as the House January 6th Committee holds its first
0:59.0	public hearings, and as the Department of Justice faces increasing pressure to hold former
1:03.6	President Trump and those around him accountable for inciting the insurrection.
1:08.5	Holder and I discuss whether DOJ will indict Trump, but we also have a wide-ranging conversation
1:12.8	about justice and the rule of law, including Holder's fight against partisan gerrymandering
1:17.7	and what he makes of the so-called progressive prosecutor movement.
1:21.8	That's coming up.
1:23.1	Stay tuned.
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