Harris Campaign Taps Eric Holder To Lead Vetting Of VP Candidates
Vice President Kamala Harris tapped former Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. to lead the vetting process of potential running mates for her White House candidacy, according to The New York Times. Holder and his law firm…
Vice President Kamala Harris tapped former Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. to lead the vetting process of potential running mates for her White House candidacy, according to The New York Times.
Holder and his law firm Covington & Burling are leading the vetting effort of potential picks, according to the NYT. Harris has less than a month before the Democratic National Convention convenes in Chicago to officially choose their presidential and vice presidential nominees, and her campaign has set a deadline for Aug. 7th to choose a running mate.
“We got a fight ahead of us, and we are the underdogs in this race, OK?” Harris said during a fundraiser over the weekend, according to the NYT.
Potential running mates for Harris include Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, among other potential Democratic candidates, according to ABC News.
Holder, who led the Department of Justice under the Obama administration, is known for being the first attorney general in history to be held in contempt of Congress in 2012 for his alleged refusal to cooperate in the investigation surrounding the Fast and Furious scandal. The scandal involved a gun-walking scheme