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Eric Holder Condemns Trump's Division, Defends Voting Rights

1/20/2026

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Eric Holder, the former U.S. Attorney General, criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's administration during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech for seeking to re-segregate America and disenfranchise voters.
He condemned ICE actions after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, sparking protests.
Holder accused the DOJ of silencing critics.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson defended law enforcement amid Minnesota's fraud scandal involving arrests, including many in the Somali community.

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Eric Holder, the former U.S. Attorney General, criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's administration during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day speech for seeking to re-segregate America and disenfranchise voters.
He condemned ICE actions after the fatal shooting of Renee Good, sparking protests.
Holder accused the DOJ of silencing critics.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson defended law enforcement amid Minnesota's fraud scandal involving arrests, including many in the Somali community.