The Return of Eric (With)Holder

When Democrats crawl out of the ground years after their expiration date and comment on something current, it's definitely an opportunity to look into their own past behaviors to check for consistency of values. To quote Tucker Carlson, if they're criticizing you for something, they're likely doing it themselves. This seems to be true.

Lately, Eric Holder, Obama's former attorney general, has been making the talk show circuits after aimlessly floating around in the Nebula Obscura for nearly ten years to comment on Trump things. He probably shouldn't.

According to CNN, Holder criticized FBI Director Kash Patel for posting a photo on X of Hannah Dugan being led off in handcuffs with the slug: No one is above the law. Holder said this was a violation of DOJ policy (that Holder established himself) that states DOJ personnel “should not voluntarily disclose a photograph of a defendant unless it serves a law enforcement function or unless the photograph is already part of the public record in the case.” And according to him, “Whatever the issues with what the judge did, they’re trying to maximize intimidation.”

Now, there are a couple of disconnects that I see with this pop-off. Essentially, the part of the policy that says you can't post an image unless it serves a law enforcement function. Well, posting that photo certainly serves a law enforcement function. It serves the function of deterrence. This is kind of what having any penalty for breaking the law does, in addition to getting a lawbreaker off the street. It's a function of the process, and a little ridiculous for Holder to pull this one out of his trick bag. It shows just how weak progressives are in their mad drive to kill Trump's administration by a thousand little cuts. You show the judge in cuffs, and it reminds the other judges that when you break the law, you get caught and go to jail. And obstruction of justice is an actual charge. Because nobody is above the law...

So Holder is just hollering in the echo chamber and should be ignored. Next, Holder was widely quoted as saying, "I am Obama's wingman." Well, what did that mean? It meant that he was going to put his thumb on the scales and favor Obama's preferences as they pertained to the law. It didn't mean anything else, or he would have said something like, "I am The Law's wingman." But he didn't because he was biased. Not a good look for a guy who is supposed to represent the balanced scales of justice. Because nobody is above the law...

In 2012, he was held in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents related to the Fast and Furious program at the FBI. Shielded by his flight leader, who covered him with executive privilege, the wingman has also been referred to as Eric WithHolder ever since and never faced any consequences for this criminal misdemeanor. Because Nobody is above the law...

In America, No One Is Above the Law, Except the Democrats Who Are

As a student at Columbia in 1971, Holder participated in an illegal takeover of an ROTC office space (unoccupied at the time), held it for five days (possibly armed) until the administration agreed to designate it a student lounge for blacks. Holder was never arrested for that. I don't know if arms were actually involved, but it speaks to his long history of radicalism and activism. Today, radicalism is stylish, but I don't know that it makes things any more legal. Because nobody is above the law...

In 1996, Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law. In 2011, Eric Holder chose not to enforce DOMA at the behest of his flight leader, Barack Obama. Although the law was not repealed until years later, they didn't like it, so they just ignored it for years. Because no one is above the law...

So, Eric Holder has manipulated the law and hasn't got any business commenting on Kash Patel's post. His hands are dirty. But he'll never have to wash up before dinner because nobody at CNN (or anywhere else) is ever going to hold his feet to the fire. He'll probably go on spouting off on things like this in the future as if he had something relevant to say, but when your credibility leaks like a sieve, you should probably sit down and shut up.