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Up to now, I have been more behind-the-scenes, Holder told Yahoo News in an interview. But thats about to change. I have a certain status as the former attorney general. A certain familiarity as the first African-American attorney general. Theres a justified perception that Im close to President Obama. So I want to use whatever skills I have, whatever notoriety I have, to be effective in opposing things that are, at the end of the day, just bad for the country.

Holder, who served as Barack Obamas Attorney General from 2009 to 2015 before being replaced by Loretta Lynch, also said that he had planned to take a back seat role in politics, but Hillary Clintons defeat in 2016 election inspired him to re-engage in frontline politics.

I thought, frankly, along with everybody else, that after the election, with Hillary Clinton as president, I could walk off the field, he continued. So when she didnt win, I thought, Well have to see how this plays out. But it became clear relatively soon and certainly sooner than I expected that I had to get back on the field and be in effective opposition.

Since Trump took office, Holder has been involved in legal attempts to torpedo Donald Trumps immigration agenda. In January, he was hired by Democratic leaders to represent the state of California to maintain its status as a sanctuary city.

On Monday, Holder spoke at a public meeting at the Ronald Reagan State Building in Los Angeles, alongside California Senate leader Kevin de Leon, to promote legislation known as the California Values Act, which prevents local police from enforcing immigration law.

During the meeting, Holder claimed that the federal government does not have the ability to force states to do things that are inherently federal in nature, and that attempts to withhold federal funds for failing to comply with immigration law are unconstitutional.

Now is the time to be more visible, Holder added. Now is the time to be heard.

Other Democrats muted as potential 2020 presidential candidates include Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former vice-president Joe Biden.

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