The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Sean Hannity Had "Exclusively Almost" Nothing to Do with Michael Cohen | Eric Holder

Episode Date: April 18, 2018

The IRS gives taxpayers an extra day to file, Sean Hannity downplays his relationship with Michael Cohen, and Eric Holder talks about his efforts to combat gerrymandering. Learn more about your ad-ch...oices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 You're listening to Comedy Central. Have you ever been watching the news and thought to yourself, wow, the Supreme Court sure does suck. We made a podcast about that. We sure did. There is a super majority of conservative maniacs on the Supreme Court right now, really doing some damage. I'm Michael.
Starting point is 00:00:21 And I'm Peter. Our podcast, 5 to 4 is about all of this. Every week, we dissect and analyze a different ruling that has made our country a little worse, a little more cruel. And you would not believe how many of them there are. Check out 5-4. That's the number 5-4, wherever you listen to podcast. April 17, 2018. From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is the Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Ears Edition. Thank you very much. Thank you so much for shooting at I'm seven years. Thank you very much.
Starting point is 00:01:08 Thank you very much. Thank you so much for shooting at I'm Seveno. Thank you so much everybody. Thank you. Tonight, tonight, our guest is the former attorney general under Barack Obama. Eric Holder is here everybody. We're going to have a really great conversation with him. But first, but first, as many of you know, today is Tax Day, aka the day when the federal government turns into Rihanna.
Starting point is 00:01:36 Bitch, better have my money. But in case tax day wasn't stressful enough, this happened. The IRS has a serious problem. Its website has not been able to process payments from income tax day wasn't stressful enough. This happened. The IRS has a serious problem. Its website has not been able to process payments from income tax filers' banks since about 2 a.m. The government has just under 9 hours to get the error message clear. Treasury Secretary Steve Manuchin says Americans who have been unable to pay their taxes today. They're going to get an extension. No, no, no, no IRS. We don't want want want want to to get one to get one to get one to get one to get one to get one to get one to get one to get one to get one to get one to to to to to to to to to to to to to to accept to to accept to accept to accept to accept toxxxxxxxexexexea toxeaeouea. toxxxxxxx. tox. tox. toxx. toxx. their. their. theirsexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxia. theirea. theirea. theirea. theirea. theirea. theireaaa. theireaa. theirea. theirea. theireaxes today, they're going to get an extension? No, no, no, IRS. We don't want an extension.
Starting point is 00:02:06 No. You get one day to accept taxes, okay? And then if you can't do it, that's on you. Nobody pays if you miss your day. Yeah. I'm putting it out there. Those are the rules that I just made up, but I think we can all agree on it. I think we can. There's only one day, there's only one day that the IRS website needs to be up, and this is it. It's like if the Easter Bunny ran out of eggs and was like, listen, I can have more
Starting point is 00:02:32 by Arbor Day? I'm like, no, get out of here, you whack-as, rabbit. But let's get to get the latest the latest the latest, let's get the latest, let's get the latest, let's get the latest, let's get the Bad, the shady lawyer got his own spin-off. And I'll be honest with you, it's pretty entertaining. In court, a judge rejected a request on behalf of President Trump's private lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen to stop federal agents from pouring through client records seized from Cohen in FBI raids last week. Colin has asked a federal judge to allow President Trump to go through and determine which documents can be withheld from the investigation because of attorney-client privilege. You know sometimes
Starting point is 00:03:13 Trump is so dumb it's almost cute. Like he actually thought the court would let him decide which documents could be used against him. Imagine anyone else having the balls to try that with like the FBI. Like they're at the door like, this is the FBI, we've got a warrant. He's like, okay, you guys tell me what you're looking for and I'll go get it. You just tell me, I'll go get it. Like, no, no, I'm just saving evidence of any kind. I can just imagine just imagine tru tru tru tru tru tru tru tru tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, tru, th, th, like, th, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their, like, like, like, like, like, like, their, thr, thru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. tru. th. thru. th room with the documents and the judge is like, do I hear a shredder? Trump's like, no, I'm just shaving my pubs.
Starting point is 00:03:49 The funny thing would be if it turns out that he's actually shaving his pubs in there, it's like, once these documents are covered in pubs, they won't want to touch them. So smart, Donald, so smart. But believe it or not, believe it or not, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th is thi. th is thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thoom. tho, tho, tho, th is is is th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th is is th th thi, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. t tttttoda. toda. to tr true true true true true true true true true true true the the the the it or not, that was hardly the biggest Michael Cohen news. Because yesterday, a federal judge forced Cohen to reveal that in addition to the president, he also secretly represented Fox News host, Sean Hannity. And obviously, everyone thought that Hannity being busted was hilarious. I mean, other news networks were laughing, late night hosts, school children, creatures of the sea. And in a year that's so divisive, it th, it th, it th, it th, it th, it th, it th, th, th, th, th, thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, their, their, thi, thi, thi, thi, night hosts, school children, Creatures of the Sea. And in a year that's so divisive, it turned out embarrassing Sean Hannity
Starting point is 00:04:28 is the one thing truly everyone can enjoy. Good night from Washington. No one else is talking about Sean Hannity today, but he's here anyway, we're really glad to see her. Hey, Sean, news? Anything ha! Thank you, like my brother- th. th. th. th-n, thanks, Tucker. I'm just, say this, you like my brother, but I'm glad for like a millisecond the heat's off me and on you, okay?
Starting point is 00:04:52 So, I'm feeling... I appreciate that. You know, it says a lot about your news network when all of your top anchors are playing scandal tag. It's like, I made fun of the Parkland kids. Tag, you're it! I'm out, thank God. Now, even though, even though yesterday might have sucked for Hannity, it helped his ratings because everyone tuned in to see what creative excuse he'd come up with to explain his Michael Cohen relationship.
Starting point is 00:05:14 And the answer was, it's complicated. Let me set the record straight. Here's the truth. Michael Cone never represented the legal matter. I never retained his services. I never received an invoice. I never paid Michael Cone for legal fees. I did have occasional brief conversations with Michael Cone. He's a great attorney about legal questions I had, or I was looking for input and perspective.
Starting point is 00:05:41 He wasn't your lawyer. He just answered your legal questions. How do you not know the definition of wasn't your lawyer, he just answered your legal questions. How do you not know the definition of lawyer when your head is shaped like a dictionary? How do you not know this? Seriously, giving legal inputs and perspective is exactly what a lawyer does. Hanody might as well have come out and said, he was just my but just a tip, just a tip guys, just a tip. Now what people are really wondering is this whatever legal advice was, why didn't Hanody get it from his regular attorney right? Instead of turning to a guy who's specifically known for paying off mistresses?
Starting point is 00:06:20 Why did he go to him? But according to Hanity, baby, this is not what it looks like. To be absolutely clear, they never involve any matter, any, sorry to disappoint so many, matter between me or third party, a third group at all. And are my questions exclusively almost focused on real estate. Wow, he really slipped in the almost that, did you hear it? It was super quick. He was like, all my questions to Michael Cohn were exclusively almost real estate. Exclusively almost. Exclusively almost.
Starting point is 00:06:50 Exclusively almost. Exclusively almost the end of those medical ads. Zernax is exclusively almost, side effect free. Exclusively almost. You can't say exclusively almost. Exhively almost is to babysitter kids. That's not what you're thinking of right now. But okay, fine. Okay, fine.
Starting point is 00:07:09 Hanody claims he was just getting some informal real estate advice for Michael Cohen, which makes what he said a few hours earlier on his radio show, all the more confusing. I never gave him a retainer, never received an invoice, never paid any fees. You know, I might have handed him 10 bucks, I definitely want you attorney-client privilege on this, something like that. Okay, okay, whoa, no, whoa, whoa, okay, wait. So he's not your lawyer.
Starting point is 00:07:33 All you had was a few chit-chats about real estate. But you definitely want that. What the fuck did you bury under that house? No, I'm just saying, I've had a lot of conversations about real estate. At the end of it, I never went, this never happened. We'll be right back. Have you ever been watching the news and thought to yourself, wow, the Supreme Court sure does suck. We made a podcast about that.
Starting point is 00:08:03 We sure did. There is a super majority of conservative maniacs on the Supreme Court right now really doing some damage. I'm Michael. I'm Riannan. And I'm Peter. Our podcast, 5-4 is about all of this. Every week we dissect and analyze a different ruling that has made our country a little worse, a little more cruel. And you would not believe how many of them there are. Check out five to four. That's the number five, dash the number four, wherever you listen to podcast.
Starting point is 00:08:31 Welcome back to the day show. My guest tonight is the former attorney general of the United States and chairman of the National Democratic redistricting committee. Please welcome, Eric Holder. Great. Great. Welcome to the show. It's good to be here. Great.
Starting point is 00:08:50 Welcome to the show. It's good to be here. Great to have you on, especially now. There are so many things to talk to you about as a former attorney general about James Combe. Things have been happening. Really, really. Things have been on the Twitter? The Twitter has some things happening? Well, no, I was flying from LA today, so I must have missed it. Oh, yeah. Oh, you missed a year. That's what you missed. Yeah. Yeah. But we'll get into, we'll get into Comey, we'll get into the president. We'll get into all that stuff later. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I was th. I was th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. tode. toda. toda. toda. toda. toda. toda. toda. toda. toda. toda. t to have a day of racial bias training.
Starting point is 00:09:25 And in the press release, they mentioned you as one of the experts they're going to consult. How does that work? Like, do you walk in and then you do like role play with them? And you're like, can I use the bathroom and they're like, no, you're supposed to say yes. What you're supposed to say yes. Starbucks as a company that has done a lot around racial issues and I think they understand that what happened in Philadelphia was inappropriate, was wrong and they want to try to get things right and I think that what they're going to try to do is close the stores, go through some unconscious bias training, put together a panel of which I am a member to help in the to help advise them in that regard and hopefully hopefully not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not not to not to to to the to to to the to to to the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi thi. thi. thi. the the the. thr. thr. thr. thr. try try try try try try try try try try try try try try to try to to to to to to to to try to. But what I think is that we should not, as a society,
Starting point is 00:10:05 as a country, feel comfort in the notion that this is a Starbucks problem. This is a problem that is much larger. This is a problem that is much larger problem that our nation has to deal with. Right, it's a, it's a, it's a. It's a, it's a large problem that can be traced back hundreds of years. It's a large problem that permeates society, like you say, not just into Starbucks. One of the issues you're dealing with right now is in many ways tied to race in America.
Starting point is 00:10:34 Cannot be separated, and that's gerrymandering. You're working on a project right now that deals with gerrymandering. What are you doing? Head of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. And what we want to try to do is to put in place when redistricting is done again in 2021. It's done every 10 years, so that fair districts are drawn. The Republicans in 2011 drew districts that were highly partisan, unfair in nature. Princeton did a study and said these are the worst gerrymandered districts in the last 50 years. Right. And as a result, we see safe districts for Republicans that have led to a whole variety of things. And unresponsive Congress, unresponsive state legislatures, if 97% of the
Starting point is 00:11:10 American people who want to have background checks, expanded background checks when it comes to the sale of guns, can't get it out of Congress because of a gerrymandered Congress. But now, but now if some people say, fair play to the Republicans, they found out of the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, and, and, their, the Republicans. They found how the system was working and they did everything legally and they worked within their means. You know, President Obama said he regretted that the Democratic Party didn't pay enough attention to it. So isn't this just part for the course? Is that not how you see it? No, you say, I actually think that
Starting point is 00:11:34 there's a caseto the Constitution. It's something that we as a nation, I think, have to make better. Because the reality is our votes are cheapened, when we have people who are in safe districts and unresponsive to the people who they are supposed to represent. But now you're working with the Democratic Redistricting committee. Does that imply that you're looking to sway it in favor of Democrats? No. I wouldn't have signed up for this if it was an attempt to gerrymander for Democrats. I think that if we make this a battle between Republicans, Conservatives, Democrats and
Starting point is 00:12:16 Progressives, the Democrats and Progressives will do just fine. I don't need gerrymandered. I think because we're right on the issues. I think we have the support of the people. If you look at, for instance, at Wisconsin, 2012, after the gerrymandering, Republicans get less than 50% of the vote and get 67% of the state legislature and 67% of the congressional representation, and that's continued for the entirety of this decade. That has to be stopped. Now, some some some some some some some's no way to redraw lines on a map in a way that will represent people because if you look at how America is designed and where people live, Democrats live mostly in cities.
Starting point is 00:12:53 Democrats live in the same places. It'll be cities, or you'll find Democrats in college towns, or you'll find them in historic, I think it's mining hubs. So you'll find Democrats in certain places, and then they're dwarfed by Republican rural votes around them. So in drawing the maps, aren't you always going to come up with the same problem? Because there's no real way they've shown, like they've had all these simulations. It seems like you can't really draw the maps.
Starting point is 00:13:15 It feels like you're t something to be said for the way in which Democrats tend to cluster in ways in which Republicans cluster, but that does not explain the way in which you have seen these partisan districts being drawn. Or the results that you have seen as a result of this gerrymandering. The notion that this is all a function of, even if you're trying to ameliorate this, that you can't do it because of the way, because the way, because the way, because the way, because the way, because the way, because the way, because their, because, because, because, because, their, their, their, their, their, thii, their, thi, thi, thi, their, their, thi. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their............. And, the, is, their, is, their, is, is, is, and, and, their. their. their. thi. thi. thrown. thrown. toe. toooooo. toe. toooo. too. too. too. the. thi. thi. their. their, thi.'re trying to ameliorate this, that you can't do it because of the way in which Democrats, where Democrats live is just simply not true. What do you think is a greater threat to America's democracy? Germandering or voter ID laws in America that suppress the votes? They go hand in hand, because you see the greatest amount of
Starting point is 00:14:00 gerrymandering. In states where you see high levels of gerrymandering, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, you see these unnecessary voter ID laws, you know, to combat this non-existent voter fraud. Right. And so they go, they go hand in hand. The only problem I have with your approach is if you redraw these lines. You've got a problem. I'm your guest, man. Yeah, and I'm giving you minus a picture. If you the the the the the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line the line their their their their their their their their their their their their. The only their. The only their. The only, their. The only, their. their. their. their. The only, their. The only, their. The only, their. The only, their. The only, their. The only, their. The only, their. The only. The their. The their. The their. The their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the. the. the. the. the. the. the........................................................ got a problem. I'm your guest, man. If you, yeah, and I'm giving you modest opinion, if you redraw these lines, the problem I have with your approach is you will exclude the 3 million illegal votes. All right. What happens then? All right.
Starting point is 00:14:35 All right. there. We're going to be chatting more to Eric Holder after the break. We're going to get into Komi, we're going to get into the AG's job, we'll be right back with more from Eric Holder after this. Welcome back to the day's show. We're joined by former Attorney General Eric Holder on the show talking about the t America and its votes. Right now, some people feel like America doesn't have a future
Starting point is 00:15:05 because of what's happening in the White House. James Comey just came out with a book where he publicly lambasted Trump saying that he's a liar, he's mistreats women, he's not fit to be in office. A lot of people came out and say, And now it's interesting that you say that because a lot of people say that, yeah, but James Comey, you're the last person to come out and criticize anybody because of how much you screwed up when you were in your position. As an attorney general, when you look at what James Comey did and what he's now trying to say, what are your thoughts on the issue? Yeah, I've known Jim for I think he's a man, 25 years. I think th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi's thi's thi's thi. thrown thi. thi. thi. thi thi thi thi thi thi thr-a thr-a thr-a thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. toe. toe. toe. toeee. toeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. toe. toe. toe. th. the. integrity. I think he is a good guy. But I think he made a really substantial error in 2016
Starting point is 00:15:48 when he made that initial appearance and said that he was clearing Hillary Clinton and then use that language and then obviously made the statement later on. That was not something for an FBI director to do. That was something for an attorney general, or in the absence of the attorney general, the deputy attorney general. That was simply, he was out of his lane when he did that.
Starting point is 00:16:08 And that, I think, had an impact on the election. I don't think that's the sole thing that caused Hillary's defeat, but it certainly had an impact on the election. Right. And you outspoken about this. name. The president of the United States currently says the FBI has a bad name. Do you think that Donald Trump has a right then to say that guys the FBI has problems because of everything that James Comey and his fellow FBI agents have done? No, I mean I think the president's criticism of people in law
Starting point is 00:16:38 enforcement prosecutors, FBI agents, is unwarranted, it's inconsistent with the facts. I mean I I worked with these folks almost all of my professional career. They're hardworking, they're dedicated. You know, you don't talk about partisan things when you are in the Justice Department. That's considered something that is inappropriate. And what I think, so when we hold these elections in 2018 and in 2020, and if the Republicans try to portray themselves as the law enforcement party, I hope people will remember the things
Starting point is 00:17:08 that Donald Trump has said about people in law enforcement. Yeah, things will, people will remember and they will vote for him again. His people don't care. I genuinely think they don't. Don't do it. Oh, I don't think they're watching. Don't thah thah thah thah think tho tho. Don't think think tho. Don't do it. Oh, I don't think they're watching. You're wasting, you're wasting your time. That's a good point. Somebody could have switched off from Hannity tonight. You never know. You never know. You never know. Yeah, don't, don't do it. Don't do it.
Starting point is 00:17:37 Don't do it. Law enforcement, Donald Trump, the rule of law, corruption. These are all words that are thrown around every single day with regards to to to to to to to to thiii. thi. thi. the thi. thi. their their thi. thi. thi. their thi. thi. thi. You thi. You thi. You thi. You thi. You thi. You thi. You're thi. That's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's thi. That's thi. That's thi. You thi. You thi. You thi. You thi. You thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. that's a that's a that's a that's that's that's thi. the of law, corruption, these are all words that are thrown around every single day with regards to this presidency. People say that Donald Trump and his administration are corrupt. You have commented on his administration being one that is corrupt. But what does that mean? Because people go corruption, but what does that mean? What does corruption mean in that sense? Well, there are tangible things, I mean, whether it is, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thrui, thro, thru, thru, thruom, thru, thru, thru, thru, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thruu................... And, thi, thi, thi, thru. And, thr. And, thr. And, thr. And, thr. And, thr. And, thr. thri. thri. thri. throooooooo. thr. throoo. thr. thro. thr. thr. thr.that sense? Well there are tangible things I mean whether it is you know Scott Pruitt and all the things that we have been reading about with regard to him, the dismissal of Secretary Price, you know there any number of
Starting point is 00:18:13 things that I mean you have to imagine if Donald Trump if Brock Obama had done one of the things that Donald Trump had done. What would the reaction have been? Oversight hearings, calls for impeachment, if anybody in the cabinet had acted the way in which you see people acting in Trump's cabinet, you would have had the same thing. There is a fundamental corruption problem in the sense that you have people acquiring things that they shouldn't have, but they're also doing things with regard to the shouldn't have, but they're also doing things with regard to the processes of America, they're breaking through American norms.
Starting point is 00:18:48 If not laws, the norms. And you know, the president, for instance, telling the attorney general, telling the justice department about certain results that he wants to obtain, is inconsistent with the norms that normally govern the way in which a president interacts with an attorney general or his justice department. Right. There are some people who would say, though, that say, you know, Eric Holder, as attorney general, you said that you regretted the decision the Clinton administration made with regards to Mark Rich, the pardoning of somebody who was tied as a donor to politicians. Someone could say to you then, isn't this what politics is? It just depends on which side of it you're on.
Starting point is 00:19:25 Is that there's always going to be quid pro quo? There's always going to be somebody. Is it a system that you can't escape in a way? Or is there something different about the way Trump is doing it now? Well, I think those last minute made a mistake. And so it's one thing to say that, you know, a person made a mistake. It's a whole other thing to put in place a system that is based on inappropriate motives and ends up with inappropriate results. And I think that's what the Trump administration is all about. When you see what Trump is going through right now, when you look at the stories, whether it be Michael Cohen, whether it be, you know, financial or Russian-related stories,
Starting point is 00:20:11 do you see a future where Donald Trump should be impeached, or are you of the mindset that he should go to an election and the American people should decide his fate? I mean, I think, you know, the best result would be for him to be rejected resoundingly at the polls. That, however, can't happen until 2020. And I wonder about what kind of damage could he do to our country between now and then. But I don't think that the midterm elections ought to be about the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Starting point is 00:20:37 The midterm elections ought to be about the record of the Trump administration, what they have done with regard to the protection, the protection, the protection, the protection, the protection, the protection, the protection, the protection, the protection, the protection, the the the the the the to the climate, what they have done with regard to the protection or non-protection of voting rights, the way in which they've tried to deal with choice issues. There are a whole range of issues that I think would warrant a huge democratic wave in 2018. But it won't happen if people simply assume that it's going to happen. People have to get out there, work and get out there and vote. When you look at 2020, I've heard rumors that you are considering running for president. Is it just one of those
Starting point is 00:21:12 situations where... Oh yeah, it's true. I'm seeing about like maybe about 53% here, you know? I would expect a larger number with this crowd. You know what's funny is, I think people are just used to everyone denying it. Everyone's like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, and you were just like, yeah, yeah, that's right. Let's do this thing. Yeah, let's do it. Let me ask you, can I tell you, that's a great slogan, Eric Holden, let's, let's, let's, let, let, let, let, let, you, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Eric Holden, let's do this thing. That's a great slogan. You gotta do that as well. You gotta do that. I, like, is it one of those cases where you've gone,
Starting point is 00:21:49 like, okay, George Bush and then Barack Obama, and then you go like, Donald Trump, then you're like, another black man has to come in now. It has, what do you see? Well, you know, I think, again, I'm thinking about this. I've not committed myself to doing this. Right. Trump makes it look easy, I understand, but carry on. But if I were to do this, I think that I'd look back on a long government career. My time as Attorney General, where I was exposed to a whole range of issues,
Starting point is 00:22:18 domestic, foreign policy, national security. I think I'm still a person who's got a great deal of creativity. I believe in this nation. I believe in the people of this nation. I believe that this nation can be led to bigger and better and greater things. I still have hope for America. Wow. Thank you so much for being on the show. Pleasure having you. Eric Hold everybody. Thank you so. Thank you so. The Daily Show with Trevor No. The Daily Show with Trevor No. Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show with.
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