Former Attorney General Eric Holder predicted Friday that Donald Trump as well as other top officials from the former president’s administration will be indicted by the U.S. government over the events of January 6, 2021, and their efforts to change the 2020 election results. In early May, Holder, who led the Justice Department from 2009 to 2015 under former President Barack Obama , told CBS News that he believed Trump’s actions related to January 6 merited an indictment. Hundreds of Trump’s supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol that day after the then-president told them to walk to the federal legislative building and “fight like hell” to save their country. Those directions came after Trump claimed for months that President Joe Biden ‘s 2020 election victory was fraudulent, while pressuring state and local officials across the country to overturn his political rival’s win. In a Friday evening interview on HBO ‘s Real Time with Bill Maher , Holder reiterated his view that Trump should face an indictment. The former attorney general explained that he previously was “concerned about the divisive nature of a case against the former president.” “But now because of what we know from what great journalists have done, the… Read full this story
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