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25 Nov 2019
The claim that Eric Holder owned an abortion clinic is false; his wife is merely a trustee of a building where a reproductive health clinic is a tenant.

So first of all, Eric Holder did not own an abortion clinic. This was a right-wing talking point that was going around at this period in 2013, and Alex has been talking it up a little bit. The story that's told varies depending on how angry the teller is at Holder. I've heard variations of it where Holder owns the clinic, he runs the clinic, and that the clinic he owns is one where atrocities have been committed. This particular narrative is being trotted out at this point in time because Kermit Gosnell is on trial. And the anti-choice right-wing are trying to craft the narrative where the DOJ is giving him a light sentence, which is naturally explained by Holder owning an abortion clinic. Sure, that all makes perfect sense, Dan. None of it's true. The reality is that Holder's wife is a co-owner, kind of, of a building where one of the tenants is a reproductive health clinic. They have no connection to the clinic itself. They're just sort of the owners of the building. They're landlords. I say sort of owners because Holder's wife is actually just a trustee in a family trust that holds the property. She and Eric are legally unable to profit from renting the property to anyone, and the money accrued from the building will be transferred to her nephew and niece along with the building itself because the other co-owner is her sister. They are co-trustees in this family trust.