Eric Holder may run for president in 2020

By Chris Eger

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., delivers remarks following President Barack Obama’s statement announcing Holder’s departure, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Sept. 25, 2014. (Photo: Chuck Kennedy/White House Archives)
President Obama’s controversial attorney general is reportedly inching closer to a bid for the White House.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder told MSNBC host Chris Hayes on Tuesday he’s considering a presidential bid, a prospect he expanded upon Wednesday in an interview with the New York Times.
“If I were gonna do it, I would do it because I think — I would have concluded — that I could maybe unify the country,” Holder said.
The country’s former top cop talked to the Times just after Rev. Al Sharpton reportedly started a chant at the National Action Network Convention urging him to run for the office while Holder addressed those in attendance. Beyond this, he is scheduled to speak at the annual New Hampshire Politics and Eggs breakfast in June, an event often seen as a precursor to announcing a formal White House run.
As the nation’s 82nd attorney general, Holder had a long history of controversial stands on smart gun technology, states’ rights, contempt of Congress citations in the Fast and

Source: Guns.com