Former Attorney General Eric Holder perfectly schools Trump and Jeff Sessions: 'I had a president I did not have to protect'

During a panel discussion on "Real Time with Bill Maher," former Attorney General Eric Holder couldn't help but take a few shots at the current top law enforcement officer who holds the position.

Maher began by mocking President Donald Trump's resistance to ever learn anything. Namely, the fact that the job of attorney general is not to protect the president.

"I'll say this about Donald Trump: When he doesn't know something, it stays unknown. That is consistent. There is a list of things he refuses to learn," Maher joked. He then read off Trump's comment that Holder "protected" Obama while he was the attorney general.

"The difference between me and Jeff Sessions: I had a president I did not have to protect," Holder replied.

"So, this notion that I am somehow protecting Obama from things that he had done inappropriately or illegally is simply not true," Holder said.

Historian Jon Meacham noted that Trump learned about politics and government from Roy Cohn, Sen. Joseph McCarthy's lawyer.

"Usually you have to make a joke, like, 'Oh, he's just like Joe McCarthy.' Jesus, he is Joseph McCarthy!" Mecham said.

He went on to note, "it's a very Fox-centric view of the world. There was so much churning of the Obama administration and all these manufactured scandals throughout the years that I'm sure that's kind of an ambient noise in his head."

Maher asked about security clearances of the Obama White House and if they had similar problems. Holder confessed they certainly took longer than anticipated but at this stage Obama's White House did not have the problems Trump does.

Later, Holder noted that the job for Obama was a lot harder than for Trump, who doesn't have to deal with attacks from racist or other hate groups. While Trump must contend with progressive, late-night comedians, reporters and a slew of other typical political problems, his only additional issues are of his own making.

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